homeoplasty

English

Etymology

home- +‎ o +‎ -plasty

Noun

homeoplasty (uncountable)

Transplantation of biological tissue from one part of an individual between other individuals belonging to the same species.

References

Robley Dunglison (1895) A dictionary of medical science, page 534

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