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transplant vs autoplasty

autoplasty vs transplant

transplant and autoplasty both are nouns.

transplant is a verb but autoplasty is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
transplant Yes No Yes No
autoplasty Yes No No No
As nouns, autoplasty is a hyponym of transplant; that is, autoplasty is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than transplant:
  • transplant: (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient
  • autoplasty: tissue that is taken from one site and grafted to another site on the same person
Other hyponyms of transplant include autograft, allograft, homograft, heterograft, xenograft.
transplant (noun) autoplasty (noun)
the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location surgical repair by using tissue from another part of the patient's own body
an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient) tissue that is taken from one site and grafted to another site on the same person
(surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient
transplant (verb) autoplasty (verb)
transfer from one place or period to another
place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient
lift and reset in another soil or situation
be transplantable
Difference between transplant and autoplasty

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