autoplasticadj.

1834 Lancet 25 Oct. 180/2 Dr. Phillips, a young Belgian physician,..has been closely observing the progress of various autoplastic operations.

1881 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 3 Sept. 402/1 During the last few years, a new autoplastic operation had been advocated by several eminent gynæcologists..for the cure of laceration of the cervix uteri during parturition.

1925 Amer. Mercury Aug. 457/1 A tissue of an individual can be grafted on another part of his own body; such transplants are widely used today by surgeons in skin grafting. They were called autoplastic transplantations.

1954 Brit. Jrnl. Plastic Surg. 6 255 Investigation has been made of the effect of storing rabbit skin in vitro at different temperatures for different periods of time prior to autoplastic transplantation.

2006 R. Mora et al. in R. Mora Nonunion Long Bones 201 The reestablishment of bone continuity can be achieved with autoplastic bone graft, most often taken from the iliac crest.