graft
(graft)
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[L. graphium, hunting knife]
1. Tissue transplanted or implanted in a part of the body to repair a defect. A homograft (or allograft) is a graft of material from another individual of the same species. A heterograft (or xenograft) is a graft of material from an individual of another species.
2. The process of placing tissue from one site to another to repair a defect.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Graft." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/760604/all/graft.
Graft. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/760604/all/graft. Accessed November 7, 2024.
Graft. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/760604/all/graft
Graft [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 November 07]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/760604/all/graft.
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