heteroplasty

[ het-er-uh-plas-tee ]

noun

, Surgery.

, plural het·er·o·plas·ties.

1. the repair of lesions with tissue from another individual or species.

heteroplasty

/ ˈhɛtərəʊˌplæstɪ /

noun

1. the surgical transplantation of tissue obtained from another person or animal

Derived Forms

• ˌheteroˈplastic, adjective

Other Words From

• heter·o·plastic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of heteroplasty¹

First recorded in 1850–55; hetero- + -plasty