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plural autografts
(surgery) A tissue graft taken from one part to another of the same individual's body. examples
third-person singular simple present autografts, present participle autografting, simple past and past participle autografted
(transitive) To graft in this manner. quotations examples
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.
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