homoplasticadj.
/həʊmə(ʊ)ˈplastɪk//hɒmə(ʊ)ˈplastɪk/ 1. Biology. Having a similarity of structure without community of origin: said of parts or organs of different animals or plants. Opposed to homogenetic adj.Nearly synonymous with homomorphic adj. 1c, and with analogous adj. 1b; but implying that the similarities are due to similarity of environment.
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homologous1846
homological1849
homoplastic1870
parhomologous1888
isomeric1890
homoeomorphous1895
syntechnic1902
homoeomorphic1923
1870 E. R. Lankester in Ann. Nat. Hist. 6 40 The right ventricle of the bird's heart is not homogenous with the right ventricle of the mammal's heart, nor the left with the left; but the two cavities in each case are homoplastic.
1872 C. Darwin Origin of Species (ed. 6) xiv. 386 Homoplastic structures are the same with those which I have classed..as analogous modifications or resemblances.
2. Medicine and Biology. Of transplantation: involving the transfer of tissue from one individual to another of the same species. Of transplanted tissue: obtained from another individual of the same species as the recipient.
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homoplastic1909
homoeoplastic1913
homoeotransplanted1915
heterotransplanted1920
homoeografted1920
isoplastic1923
homotransplanted1939
heterotransplantable1952
homografted1952
heterografted1961
isografted1962
isotransplanted1967
the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > transplanting and grafting operations > [adjective] > between individuals of same species
heterogenous1909
homoplastic1909
homoeoplastic1913
homoeotransplanted1915
homologous1915
homogenous1919
homoeografted1920
isoplastic1923
homotransplanted1939
homografted1952
1889 L. Ollier in Arch. de Physiol. normale et path. I. 168 Nous divisons les greffes en trois catégories: Les greffes autoplastiques... Les greffes homoplastiques, c'est-à-dire empruntées à un autre individu, mais à un sujet de la même espèce. Les greffes hétéroplastiques.]
1909 Jrnl. Med. Res. 21 320 He [sc. Carrel] also distinguishes an autoplastic transplantation, when the segment is taken from the same animal; a homoplastic, when the segment is taken from another animal of the same species; and a heteroplastic, when the segment is taken from an animal of another species.
1912 Ann. Surg. LVI. 381 Autoplastic bony pieces are in respect to regeneration much to be preferred to homoplastic.
1935 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 8 June 2076/1 These homoplastic grafts all sloughed, while autoplastic grafts were highly successful on the same patient.
1958 Immunology 1 1 The homoplastic transplantation of the cortex of the adrenal gland in mice.
Derivatives
homoˈplastically adv. between individuals of the same species.
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homoeoplastically1915
homoplastically1926
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homoeoplastically1915
homoplastically1926
1926 Jrnl. Exper. Zool. 45 52 Fore-limb buds of R. palustris tadpoles were transplanted homoplastically beneath the integument of the back.
1942 J. Grinnell in Univ. Calif. Publ. Zoöl. 51 43 Gastrular anlagen were implanted homoplastically into tadpoles.
ˈhomoplasty n. homoplastic transplantation, homotransplantation.
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heteroplasty1844
transplanting1889
transplant1900
heterotransplantation1905
homotransplantation1905
isografting1909
homoplasty1912
homoeotransplantation1913
homografting1923
heterografting1927
homoeoplasty1929
isoplasty1929
homoeografting1930
heterotransplantability1943
homoeotransplantability1954
homotransplantability1957
isotransplantation1962
xenotransplantation1969
the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > transplanting and grafting operations > [noun] > between individuals of same species
heteroplasty1844
homotransplantation1905
isografting1909
isotransplantation1909
homoplasty1912
homoeotransplantation1913
homografting1923
homoeoplasty1929
isoplasty1929
homoeografting1930
homotransplant1955
1912 Ann. Surg. LVI. 378 The best material for free bony grafts is living, periosteum covered bone, if possible from the same individual himself (autoplasy [sic]). Or in case this is impossible, from another individual (homoplasty).
1923 H. Neuhof Transplantation of Tissues ii. 31 The results have seemed to indicate that blood relationship has a bearing on the success of homoplasty.
1929 Ann. Surg. XC. 929 The lower the organism in the phylogenetic scale, the better the results obtained with homoplasty.
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