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  • noun autotransplantation

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auto- +‎ transplant

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Examples

  • I've had kidney stones nine times, autotransplant of my left kidney, have had both melanoma and basil-cell skin cancers, seven ministrokes in a year, pulmonary embolisms and stent replacement.

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  • If we knew how, for instance, to convert a few bone marrow stem cells into a very large number of liver cells, then a liver “autotransplant” might be accomplished simply by utilizing a patient’s own marrow.

    The Language of God Francis S. Collins 2006

  • If we knew how, for instance, to convert a few bone marrow stem cells into a very large number of liver cells, then a liver “autotransplant” might be accomplished simply by utilizing a patient’s own marrow.

    The Language of God Francis S. Collins 2006

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