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engraftment

engraftment

8.1
Cells or tissue put into a patient start to grow and work in the patient's body
  • noun
  • /ɪnˈɡræftmənt/
  • Specialized
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  • In HSCT recipients, post-transplantation immune recovery begins with engraftment of neutrophils, but lymphocyte recovery is a prolonged process.

Examples

  • We could see, you know long term engraftment by the donor cells.

  • The emphasis in HSCT recipients is on an ordered sequence of re-vaccinations in the post-engraftment period.

    Academic text (2017)

  • Collectively, these studies clearly demonstrate that TTV DNA load decreases dramatically after conditioning and that, following engraftment, it increases in parallel to absolute lymphocyte (ALC) counts.

    Academic text (2018)

  • After the transplant, successful engraftment of the donor cells improved the patient's recovery.

  • The doctor explained that engraftment involves the new cells adapting and functioning within the recipient's body.

  • Monitoring the engraftment process is crucial for determining the effectiveness of the transplant.

Synonyms

grafting
vsengraftment
  • Specialized
5 6.4

The act of joining one thing to another so they grow together, like a plant branch or skin

is about transplanted tissue beginning to grow and function in the recipient
ingrafting
vsengraftment
  • Specialized
8.7

Joining part of one plant to another so it grows as one plant

focuses on transplanted tissue starting to grow and work in the recipient
reintegration
vsengraftment
  • Specialized
5.6

A repaired or reattached body part that joins the body and works again

emphasizes transplanted cells starting to grow and function rather than repair
ingrowth
vsengraftment
  • Specialized
8.8

Tissue or material that moves into and joins another part of the body

concerns transplanted tissue beginning to grow and work within a recipient body

Antonyms

to reject
839 1.9

Refuse to accept someone or something

to expel
34 5.0

Push out a substance, for example gas from a body or container

Surface Forms

engraftment singular
engraftments plural

Morphology

engraftment = engraft (transparent) = en + graft + ment

Nominalization of 'engraft' with '-ment' indicating the process or result; the biomedical sense follows the same derivational pattern.

Etymology

Engraftment breaks into en- 'in' and graft 'a piece of living tissue put into a body'. So, engraftment means the transplanted tissue has been put 'into' the patient and has started to grow and work.