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autoplasty vs reconstructive surgery

reconstructive surgery vs autoplasty

autoplasty and reconstructive surgery both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
autoplasty Yes No No No
reconstructive surgery Yes No No No
As nouns, reconstructive surgery is a hypernym of autoplasty; that is, reconstructive surgery is a word with a broader meaning than autoplasty:
  • autoplasty: surgical repair by using tissue from another part of the patient's own body
  • reconstructive surgery: surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue
Other hypernyms of autoplasty include anaplasty, plastic surgery.
autoplasty (noun) reconstructive surgery (noun)
surgical repair by using tissue from another part of the patient's own body surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue
tissue that is taken from one site and grafted to another site on the same person
Difference between autoplasty and reconstructive surgery

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