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Homeoplasty

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homœoplastynounObsolete form of homeoplasty. [Transplantation of biological tissue from one part of an individual between other individuals belonging to the same species.]
homeotransplantationnountransplantation of tissue from one individual to another of the same species
homeotransplantnounA transplant from one individual to another of the same species.
homeoplasynounThe taking on by one biological tissue of the form of another under plastic conditions, as in skin grafting.
homoplastynoun(biology) The formation of homologous tissues.
xenoplastynoun(zoology) Transplantation between different species or genera.
xenotransplantationnounThe transplantation of biological or organic matter from a given species into a different one, especially when this matter has been altered (such as by genetic engineering)
heterotransplantationnoun(biology) xenotransplantation
xenograftnounA tissue graft taken from a species different from that of the recipient.
homeosisnoun(pathology) The formation of a normal plant or animal structure or organ in place of another at an abnormal site; the transformation of one body part to another.
homoeosisnounAlternative form of homeosis. [(pathology) The formation of a normal plant or animal structure or organ in place of another at an abnormal site; the transformation of one body part to another.]
heteromorphosisnoun(biology) The development of one tissue from a tissue of another type.
zooplastynounthe surgical grafting of tissue from an animal to a human; zoografting
homoiosisnounAlternative form of homeosis. [(pathology) The formation of a normal plant or animal structure or organ in place of another at an abnormal site; the transformation of one body part to another.]
homoplastomynounThe condition of being homoplastomic
isograftnounA surgical transplant of tissue between genetically identical individuals (i.e. monozygotic twins).
homomorphosisnoun(biology) Regeneration in which the new part is like the part removed; replacement of a lost part by a similar part.
homoeogenesisnoun(biology) Production of living offspring between organisms belonging to the same species.
homoplastnoun(biology, archaic) One of the plastids composing the "idorgan" of Ernst Haeckel.
metaplasisnoun(biology) Metaplasia: the conversion of one type of tissue into another.

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