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graft

UK/ɡɹɑːft/ US/ɡɹæft/ uncommon obsolete slang uk us
noun (3) verb (2)

noun

1.

(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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2.
3.

the act of grafting something onto something else

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verb

1.

cause to grow together parts from different plants

  • “graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree”
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2.

place athe organ of a donor into the body of a recipient

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Origin

From Middle English graffe, from Old French greffe (“stylus”), from Latin graphium (“stylus”), from Ancient Greek γραφείον (grapheíon), from γράφειν (gráphein, “to write”); probably akin to English carve. So named from the resemblance of a scion or shoot to a pointed pencil. Doublet of graphium. Compare graphic, grammar.

Phrases

  • bone graft
  • graft polymer
  • graft the forked tree
  • graft-versus-host disease
  • grafting tool
  • skin graft
  • whip graft
  • white graft

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