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Heteroplasty

[het-er-uh-plas-tee]

het·er·o·plas·ty

[het-er-uh-plas-tee]
noun, plural -ties. Surgery.
the repair of lesions with tissue from another individual or species.

Origin:
1850–55; hetero- + -plasty

het·er·o·plas·tic, adjective
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opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
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heteroplasty (ˈhɛtərəʊˌplæstɪ)
 
n , pl -ties
the surgical transplantation of tissue obtained from another person or animal
 
hetero'plastic
 
adj

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heteroplasty het·er·o·plas·ty (hět'ər-ə-plās'tē)
n.
The surgical grafting of tissue obtained from one individual or species to another.

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