Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to autoplasty.

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to autoplasty.

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to autoplasty.

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  • adjective of or relating to or involved in autoplasty

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Examples

  • During the same year I similarly undertook two autoplastic transplantations of a dog's kidney, but in each case septic complications arose.

    Alexis Carrel - Nobel Lecture 1967

  • I have performed many venous transplantations, both autoplastic and homoplastic.

    Alexis Carrel - Nobel Lecture 1967

  • In the case of the autoplastic transplantations the vein immediately underwent important anatomic modifications.

    Alexis Carrel - Nobel Lecture 1967

  • In the case of autoplastic transplantations there was no change in the appearance of the vessel, which preserved its normal diameter and its elasticity.

    Alexis Carrel - Nobel Lecture 1967

  • The first autoplastic transplantation of a kidney was performed by Ullmann in 1902.

    Alexis Carrel - Nobel Lecture 1967

  • After that I endeavoured to ascertain to what extent the organs fulfilled their functions, according as the transplantations were autoplastic or homoplastic.

    Alexis Carrel - Nobel Lecture 1967

  • If the transplanted segment is from the same animal, or from another animal of the same kind, or from a different kind of animal, the transplantations are autoplastic, homoplastic or heteroplastic respectively.

    Alexis Carrel - Nobel Lecture 1967

  • It has further been demonstrated that autoplastic transplantation of organs like the kidney, for example, is always successful; but this fact is of itself of little practical interest.

    Alexis Carrel - Nobel Lecture 1967

  • These can be divided into two classes - autoplastic transplantations and homoplastic transplantations.

    Alexis Carrel - Nobel Lecture 1967

  • n. - grafting tissue from patient's own body. autoplastic, a.; Biology, pertaining to self-adaptation to environment; pertaining to autoplasty.

    xml's Blinklist.com 2008

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