| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. The formation of homologous tissues.[Websters]. | |
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Date "HOMOPLASTY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Note: Homoplasty \Ho"mo*plas`ty\, noun. [Homo- plasty.]. (references) |
Specialty Expressions: HOMOPLASTY
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Homoplasty (adj. homoplastic) | Geology | The replacement during surgery of a damaged organ or damaged tissue in an individual by an allograft - a donor organ or tissue from a genetically dissimilar member of the same species. (Such a graft is also called a homoplastic graft). (references) | |
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