Flap

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[ME.]. A loose and partly detached por- tion of the skin or other soft tissue. F.- amputation, one in which flaps of soft tissues are left to cover over the end of the bone. F., Anaplastic, a skin-flap aiding in the restoration of a neighboring part. F., Autoplastic, one to replace a part that is destroyed. F. -extraction, a method of ex- tracting the crystalline lens so as to make a flap of the cornea.

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