Look up: graft

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   graft
   [n] - (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient 2. [n] - the act of grafting something onto something else 3. [v] - cause to grow together parts from different plants
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   Graft
   healthy tissue that is used to replace diseased or defective tissue
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   Graft
   any free living tissue moved from one part of the body to another
   Found on http://www.transforminglives.co.uk/gloss
   
   
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   Graft
   Graft: Healthy skin, bone, or other tissue taken from one part of the body to replace diseased or injured tissue removed from another part of the body. For example, skin grafts can be used to cover areas of skin that have been burned or surgically removed.
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   graft
   theunion of stock and scion resulting from graftin Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • a narrow stiff spade for digging hard clay Category: Building industry • a narrow stiff spade for digging hard clay...It may be driven in by the foot or by compressed air. In the latter case it may also be called a 'clay digger' or 'spader' and weight...
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   Graft
   Graft noun [ Middle English graff , French greffe , originally the same word as Old French grafe pencil, Latin graphium , Greek ..., ..., from ... to write; probably akin to English carve . So named from the resemblance of a scion or shoot to a pointed pencil. Confer Graphic , Grammar. ] (a) A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in anoth ...
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   Graft
   Graft transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Grafted ; present participle & verbal noun Grafting .] [ French greffer . See Graft , noun ] 1. To insert (a graft) in a branch or stem of another tree; to propagate by insertion in another stock; also, to insert a graft upon. [ Formerly ...
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   Graft
   Graft intransitive verb To insert scions from one tree, or kind of tree, etc., into another; to practice grafting.
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   Graft
   Graft noun [ Prob. orig. so called because illegitimate or improper profit was looked upon as a graft , or sort of excrescence, on a legitimate business undertaking, in distinction from its natural proper development.] 1. Acquisition of money, position, etc., by dishonest or unjust means, as by actual theft or by taking advantage of a public office or any position of trust or employment t ...
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    graft
    To insert scions from one tree, or kind of tree, etc, into another; to practice grafting. ... A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit. ... A branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot. ... <sur ...
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    graft
    transplant noun (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient
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    graft
    grafting noun the act of grafting something onto something else
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    graft
    verb cause to grow together parts from different plants; `graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree`
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    Graft
    `Graft` may refer to: *Grafting, where the tissues of one plant are affixed to the tissues of another *Medical grafting, a surgical procedure to transplant tissue without a blood supply *Skin grafting, a type of organ transplant procedure involving skin *Graft (Netherlands), a village in the municipality of Graft-De Rijp *Photografting *In politics of some countries (such as the US and Malaysia), graft is a form of political corruption whereby s...
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    graft
    (graft) any tissue or organ for implantation or transplantation. to implant or transplant such tissues. This term is preferred over transplant in the case of skin grafts. See also implant.
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    Graft
    • (n.) To cover, as a ring bolt, block strap, splicing, etc., with a weaving of small cord or rope-yarns. • (n.) To implant a portion of (living flesh or akin) in a lesion so as to form an organic union. • (n.) To insert (a graft) in a branch or stem of another tree; to propagate by insertion in another stock; also, to insert a graft...
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    graft
    in horticulture, the act of placing a portion of one plant (bud or scion) into or on a stem, root, or branch of another (stock) in such a way that a ... [3 related articles]
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    Graft
    A piece of tissue or alloplastic material placed in contact with tissue to repair a defect or supplement a deficiency.
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    Graft
    A piece of tissue or synthetic material placed in contact with tissue to repair a defect or supplement a deficiency.
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    GRAFT
    an organ or tissue that is transplanted
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    graft
    graft, in surgery: see transplantation, medical.
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    Graft
    Another type of access for haemodialysis that is used if the blood vessels cannot be used for a fistula. During surgery an artery and a vein are joined together by soft tubing.
    Found on http://www.kidney.org.au/KidneyDisease/K