homœoplastic, a.
(hɒmiːəʊˈplæstɪk)
[f. Gr. ὅµοιος like + πλαστικός plastic.]
1. Path. Said of a tumour or growth similar in structure to the tissue in which it occurs: opp. to heteroplastic.
| 1876 tr. Wagner's Gen. Pathol. 363 Transformation of..homœoplastic into heteroplastic formations, so-called Degeneration. 1878 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. I. 95 Lobstein..naming those tumours homœoplastic which were similar in structure to the natural constituents of the body. |
2. (Also homoio-.) Med. and Biol. = homoplastic a. 2.
| 1913 Arch. f. Entwicklungsmech. d. Organismen XXXVII. 249 Loeb did not at that time distinguish between the results of auto- and homoeoplastic transplantation. Later he found a marked difference in the results obtained after auto- and homoeotransplantation in the case of tumors. Ibid. 250 The homoeoplastic transplants acted quite differently. 1938 Amer. Jrnl. Physiol. CXXI. 650 (heading) Homeoplastic transplantation of adrenal glands in rats of inbred strains. 1952 G. R. Cameron Path. Cell xxvii. 527 Homoioplastic transplantation succeeds with some tissues, but it is doubtful whether success is prolonged or permanent. |
Hence homœoˈplastically adv.; ˈhomœoplasty = homoplasty.
| 1915 Jrnl. Exper. Med. XXI. 164 The difference in the growth of auto- and homeoplastically transplanted thyroid tissue. 1929 Ann. Surg. XC. 926 Homoplasty, homeoplasty and isoplasty mean tissue transplantation from one individual to another of the same species. |