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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
graft in surgery: see transplantation, medical .
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graft 1 / graft / • n. 1. Horticulture a shoot or scion inserted into a slit of stock...transplanted. • v. [ tr. ] 1. Horticulture insert (a scion) as a graft: it was common to graft different varieties onto a single tree trunk...
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Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
Coronary artery bypass graft surgery Definition Coronary artery bypass graft surgery is a surgical procedure in which one or more blocked coronary arteries are bypassed by a blood vessel graft to restore normal blood flow to the heart. These grafts...
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Graft-vs.-Host Disease
Graft-vs.-host disease Description Graft-vs.-host disease is a response by the immune system that occurs...only transplanted tissues that contain enough immune cells to cause graft-vs.-host disease are the blood and the bone marrow. Blood transfusions...
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graft
graft An isolated portion of living tissue that is joined to another...transferred to another part of the same individual, e.g. a skin graft used for severe burns. An allograft (homograft) is taken...transplantation, e.g. a heart or kidney transplant. In such cases the graft may be regarded by the body as ...
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graft
graft (grahft) 1. n. any organ, tissue, or object used for transplantation to replace a faulty part of the body. bone g...fill a defect in a bone or to augment bone formation. corneal g. see keratoplasty . See also coronary artery bypass graft , skin (graft) , transplantation . 2. vb. to transplant an organ ...
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