to graft
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7.0
- verb
- /ɡræft/
- Specialized
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- The patient's stem cells are grafted onto the scaffold and grown either in a laboratory environment or on the human's exterior.
- graft an ear
Examples
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During the surgery, the team will graft a section of bone to aid in healing the fracture.
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McGee grafted skin from Hawkins' chest.
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Then we graft two things into the site of the injury:
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Doctors were able to graft most of it back...
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And what's done in this experiment here is to graft a piece of tissue.
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But I'll need to run tests on the person I'll be grafting.
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Broken bones heal, flesh can be grafted.
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For example, if it were grafted to a burned cheek, it wouldn't just be thigh skin with the color and texture of thigh skin it would actually develop as facial tissue.
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Surgeons will graft a healthy piece of skin onto the burn victim's arm during the procedure.
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The doctors plan to graft tissue from a donor heart to repair the patient's damaged organ.
Synonyms
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4.4
To move an organ or tissue from one person into another person's body
Compounds
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3.5
A piece of healthy skin taken from one body part and placed on damaged skin to help it heal
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4.6
A surgery that uses a healthy blood vessel to go around a blocked heart artery and restore blood flow
- Specialized
An operation that replaces a damaged clear layer at the front of the eye with healthy donor tissue
Surface Forms
Etymology
Graft as a verb in surgery means to put a donor organ or tissue into someone's body so it 'joins' and works there, just like grafting plants. That's why to graft an organ is to attach it so it can function in a new body.