单词 | alloplasty |
释义 | alloplastyn. 1. Surgery. ΚΠ 1883 H. D. Noyes in Med. Rec. 3 Mar. 233/2 In a recent case in which I have done transplantation of skin without any pedicle—to which, I think, the name of alloplasty may suitably be applied—the surface layers of the skin were not cast off. b. Surgical repair or replacement of tissue and organs with inorganic or synthetic materials, or (esp. in early use) with animal tissue; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > fixation and repair operations > [noun] > repair > with synthetic materials alloplasty1908 1908 D. Lewis tr. E. Lexer Gen. Surg. 50 Foreign inorganic materials (alloplasty) have been used for some time to close defects in bone, particularly in the skull, to raise the sunken nasal bridge in saddle-nose, or to close large hernial rings. 1922 C. Beck in A. J. Ochsner Surg. Diagnosis & Treatm. IV. 543 We have three surgical methods in the main which enable us to restore defects:..(3) alloplasty, by the use of material not from the human body. 1966 New Scientist 12 May 342/3 Though internal, plastic hearts make headlines for alloplasty—the surgical technique of replacing natural organs by man-made substitutes—unsung progress is also being made externally. 1993 Jrnl. Med. Ethics 19 10/1 The continuous flow of new therapeutic possibilities, for example major organ transplantation..and joint alloplasties, has made the economic-ethical dilemma visible to all. 2008 Osteoarthritis & Cartilage 16 Suppl. 4 S220/2 Exclusion criteria were: bilateral alloplasty of the knees; ongoing or planned surgery; [etc.]. 2. Originally Psychoanalysis. Alteration of the external environment to meet the needs of the individual; alloplastic adaptation.Opposed to autoplasty, adaptation of the individual to suit the environment. ΚΠ 1940 L. E. Hinsie & J. Shatzky Psychiatric Dict. 21/2 This objectivation of libido necessitates adapting it to the environment; the process is termed alloplasty. 1946 Psychoanalytic Q. 15 169 Psychoanalysis rightly asserts that one of the ego's faculties is to act to modify external reality (alloplasty) to make it more satisfying to the person's desires. 1980 Jrnl. Relig. & Health 19 247/2 The array of ‘psychological test variables’ assessed for each subject included such constructs as anxiety, alloplasty,..ego strength, intelligence, and secondary gain. 1999 D. G. Benner & P. C. Hill Baker Encycl. Psychol. & Counseling (ed. 2) 67 The most common forms of alloplasty are flight and defensive behaviors. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1883 |
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