autoplasty

Today it means: The process of artificially repairing lesions by taking a piece of healthy tissue, as from a neighboring part, to supply the deficiency caused by disease or wounds. In present-day contexts likelier to be called autotransplantation or autografting. Full definition →

English auto- ← Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-) ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew