autograft

• Terme médical désignant un tissu prélevé chirurgicalement sur une partie du corps d'une personne et greffé sur une autre partie du même individu.

A medical term for tissue that is surgically removed from one part of a person's body and transplanted to another part of the same individual.

1. Self-tissue transplantC1formalmedical

   A piece of tissue taken from one part of a person's body and surgically transferred to another part of the same individual.

   Autogreffe

   • The surgeon used an autograft from the patient's thigh to repair the damaged skin.
   • Autografts are preferred because they eliminate the risk of tissue rejection.
   • After the burn, doctors performed an autograft using healthy skin from his back.

   Antonymesallograftxenograft