autograft

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

auto- +‎ graft

NounEdit

autograft (plural autografts)

1. (surgery) Transfer of tissue from one part of the body to another part of the body through surgical procedures

TranslationsEdit

graft taken from the body of the person receiving the graft

• Portuguese: autoenxerto m

VerbEdit

autograft (third-person singular simple present autografts, present participle autografting, simple past and past participle autografted)

1. (transitive) To graft in this manner.

ReferencesEdit

• Paternoster, Lewis M. and Frager-Stone, Ruth. Three Dimensions of Vocabulary Growth. Second Edition. Amsco School Publications: USA. 1998.