autotransplantationn.
/ˌɔːtə(ʊ)transplɑːnˈteɪʃn/, /ˌɔːtə(ʊ)trɑːnsplɑːnˈteɪʃn/, /ˌɔːtə(ʊ)transplanˈteɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌɔdoʊˌtræn(t)sˌplænˈteɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌɑdoʊˌtræn(t)sˌplænˈteɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌɔdəˌtræn(t)sˌplænˈteɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌɑdəˌtræn(t)sˌplænˈteɪʃ(ə)n/ Medicine.
Transplantation of tissue or an organ from one site to another within the same individual; an instance of this; contrasted with heterotransplantation. Cf. autograft n. at auto- comb. form1 1a.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > transplanting and grafting operations > [noun] > within same individual
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1883 Trans. Amer. Surg. Assoc. 1 406 He [sc. Bruns] failed repeatedly as long as he transplanted the marrow from animal to animal, but as soon as he limited his experiments to auto-transplantation, he succeeded in the great majority of cases.
1905 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 25 Nov. 1645/2 If the organ is replaced in the same animal from which it was removed, the operation is called an autotransplantation. If it is placed in..an animal of a different species, the operation is called a heterotransplantation.
1934 Amer. Jrnl. Surg. 24 572 They conclude that the uterine cavity is a suitable environment for the autotransplantation of the ovary.
1977 Lancet 19 Mar. 616/2 Patient 1 underwent right renal autotransplantation to the iliac fossa.
2001 J. Le Fanu They don't know what's Wrong xi. 182 Autotransplantation may seem a desperate treatment for a syndrome that does not lead to loss of kidney function, but the operation may save patients' repeated attacks of pain.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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