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graft

graft

31 6.1
A piece of living body tissue moved from one person to another in surgery
  • noun
  • /ɡræft/
  • Specialized
translation icon : injerto
  • And I had to have all these skin grafts on my legs.
  • skin graft
  • split-thickness skin graft
  • bone graft

Should I go back for more hair transplant grafts to cover that area?

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Examples

  • McGee promised to fix the hand by performing a skin graft, but McGee wasn't very familiar with the procedure, and the results weren't quite what he planned.

  • But we need to do a human graft soon or we'll definitely lose her.

  • A skin graft, 3rd degree burns.

  • Skin grafts will be necessary here.

  • These are skin grafts from parts of my body that weren't burned.

  • This is back in 1958, so they didn't have the skin-graft techniques they do now.

  • The surgeon explained that a skin graft would help heal the burn on her arm.

  • After the accident, he required several grafts to repair the damage to his skin.

  • Due to her injuries, she underwent a graft procedure to restore her skin's appearance.

Synonyms

transplant
vsgraft
  • Specialized
22 3.7

An organ or tissue moved from one person into another person's body

is the term for the actual tissue piece rather than the whole operation
skin graft
vsgraft
  • Specialized
7 3.5

A piece of healthy skin taken from one body part and placed on damaged skin to help it heal

covers any transplanted tissue or organ, not only skin
allograft
vsgraft
  • Specialized
1 8.6

A transplant of tissue or an organ from another person of the same species

is the generic transplanted tissue term not restricted by donor genetics
homograft
vsgraft
  • Specialized
8.8

A tissue or organ taken from another person and put into a patient

is the broad tissue transplant term without specifying genetic relation
autograft
vsgraft
  • Specialized
7.0

Tissue moved from one part of a person's body to another part of the same person

is the general term where donor is usually a different person

Compounds

skin graft
  • Specialized
7 3.5

A piece of healthy skin taken from one body part and placed on damaged skin to help it heal

1 4.6

A surgery that uses a healthy blood vessel to go around a blocked heart artery and restore blood flow

corneal graft
  • Specialized
5.8

An operation that replaces a damaged clear layer at the front of the eye with healthy donor tissue

How Major

organ transplant
  • Specialized
11 3.6
transplant
  • Specialized
302 3.4
graft
  • Specialized
31 6.1

Surface Forms

graft singular
grafts plural

Etymology

Graft in medicine uses the same basic image as plant grafting: a piece of living tissue is moved into the body to 'join' and help heal the place. So a medical graft is the tissue put in to become part of the body.