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heterograft

heterograft

9.9
A piece of animal skin placed on a person with severe burns to protect wounds for a short time
  • noun
  • /ˈhɛtərəˌgræft/
  • Specialized
translation icon : heteroinjerto
  • For severe skin injuries, a heterograft can provide temporary coverage while the skin heals.
  • heterograft tympanic
  • molded heterograft
  • heterograft tympanic membrane

Examples

  • Although autograft use is the principal choice, we strongly believe that this heterograft technique may be an alternative for tympanic membrane grafting, especially in revision cases in which temporalis fascia has already been used.

    Academic text (1995)

  • The molded heterograft tympanic membrane was applied to twenty-five ears during tympanoplasty. The advantages and disadvantages of the graft material are discussed.

    Academic text (1995)

  • In these kinds of cases, molded heterograft is more feasible.

    Academic text (1995)

  • On the other hand, Zini et al., following the lead taken by Jansen and Sultan, have chosen the alternative procedure offered by heterograft materials.

    Academic text (1995)

  • For these cases, molded heterograft tympanic membranes can be viewed as an alternative material.

    Academic text (1995)

  • The advantages of molded heterografts can be summarized as follows:

    Academic text (1995)

  • Reconstruction of the tympanic membrane with molded heterograft was utilized in 25 cases.

    Academic text (1995)

  • PHOTO (BLACK & WHITE): Figure 1. Molded tympanic heterograft (lamb peritoneum).

    Academic text (1995)

  • The object of this paper is to report our experience and the results of the molded tympanic heterograft (lamb peritoneum) that has been developed at our clinic.

    Academic text (1995)

  • Molded tympanic heterograft is a sterile-packaged, ready-to-use material with mechanical and biological characteristics suitable for tympanic reconstruction.

    Academic text (1995)

Synonyms

graft
vsheterograft
  • Specialized
31 6.1

A piece of living body tissue moved from one person to another in surgery

is limited to transfers between different species rather than general transplants
skin graft
vsheterograft
  • Specialized
7 3.5

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

is taken from another species rather than from the same person or donor
xenograft
vsheterograft
  • Specialized
1 9.9

Tissue from another animal put into a person to help heal severe burns

is the alternative technical name for the same cross species transplant

Antonyms

autograft
  • Specialized
7.0

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

Surface Forms

heterograft singular
heterografts plural

Morphology

heterograft = graft (transparent) = hetero + graft

Meaning is the straightforward combination of 'hetero-' (different) + 'graft' (transplanted tissue), yielding a graft from a different species.

Etymology

Heterograft comes from the parts hetero- meaning 'different' and graft, which is like joining a branch to a tree or attaching tissue. So a heterograft is a graft taken from a different animal and used to cover and protect damaged skin while the patient's own skin heals.