Meanings
plural autografts
- medicineA tissue graft taken from one part to another of the same individual's body.
present singular third person autografts · participle present autografting · participle past autografted · past autografted
- transitiveTo graft in this manner.
During this time surgeons began experimenting with autografting, which involved removing bone from one part of the body of a patient and transferring it to another.
2022, Lindsey Fitzharris, The Facemaker, page 50
Synonyms & antonyms
nountissue that is taken from one site and grafted to another site on the same person
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Hellenic*autós
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
- Ancient Greekαὖ (aû)
- Ancient Greekτόν (tón)
- Ancient Greekαὐτός (autós)
- Ancient Greekαὐτο- (auto-)
- Englishauto-
- Englishgraft
- Englishautograft
Translations
Portuguese autoenxerto
- autoenxertograft taken from the body of the person receiving the graft
Russian аутотрансплантат
- аутотрансплантат (autotransplantat)graft taken from the body of the person receiving the graft
Rhymes & wordplay
Sounds the same
Cite this entry
autograft. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autograft
“autograft.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autograft. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “autograft,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autograft.
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