graft in English

noun

1

a shoot or twig inserted into a slit on the trunk or stem of a living plant, from which it receives sap.

From those few grafts, other grafts were made from the top cuttings of the trees, but the seeds have never germinated.

synonyms: scion, cutting, shoot, offshoot, bud, sprout, sprig

2

a piece of living tissue that is transplanted surgically.

The database also provides survival rates of people who received cell grafts , helping doctors and their patients evaluate the potential risks and benefits of transplantation in treating disorders such as leukemia.

synonyms: transplant, implant

3

practices, especially bribery, used to secure illicit gains in politics or business; corruption.

sweeping measures to curb official graft

synonyms: corruption, bribery, dishonesty, deceit, fraud, unlawful practices, illegal means, payola, palm-greasing, hush money, kickbacks, crookedness

4

hard work.

turning those dreams into reality was sheer hard graft

verb

1

insert (a shoot or twig) as a graft.

it was common to graft different varieties onto a single tree trunk

2

transplant (living tissue) as a graft.

they can graft a new hand onto the arm

synonyms: transplant, implant

3

insert or fix (something) permanently to something else, typically in a way considered inappropriate.

western-style government could not easily be grafted onto a profoundly different country

synonyms: attach, add, join

4

make money by shady or dishonest means.

The only friends I had were people I would graft with or put money together for drugs with.

5

work hard.

I need people prepared to go out and graft

noun

scion, cutting, shoot, offshoot, bud, sprout, sprig
transplant, implant
corruption, bribery, dishonesty, deceit, fraud, unlawful practices, illegal means, payola, palm-greasing, hush money, kickbacks, crookedness
bribery
grafting
transplant

verb

affix, transplant, attach, engraft
affix, join, insert, splice
transplant, implant
attach, add, join
engraft, ingraft
transplant

Use "graft" in a sentence

1. Synonym(s): autogeneic graft , autologous graft , autoplastic graft , Autotransplant [auto- + A.S

2. An Autologous graft is a graft (such as a graft of skin) that is provided for oneself.

3. Aortocoronary bypass graft Anastomosed to vascular prosthesis was the independent risk for graft occlusion

4. Asa-based graft copolymer composition

5. An Aortic stent, also called an Aortic stent graft, is a metal skeleton inside a fabric graft

6. Any complications from that skin graft?

7. The skin graft failed to take.

8. Graft has Begrimed the government's politics

9. InterOss Syringe Anorganic Cancellous Bone Graft Granules

10. Endovascular graft for repairing abdominal aortic aneurysms

11. Poststenotic coronary pressure and postocclusion graft flow hyperemia were measured in 34 vessels receiving a coronary bypass graft.

12. I've never been afraid of hard graft.

13. 3 Graft has begrimed the government's politics.

14. The other chap had a skin graft.

15. The reamer-irrigator-Aspirator as a device for harvesting bone graft compared with iliac crest bone graft: union rates and complications

16. Fill additional acetabular defects with morsellized bone graft.

17. They had put in hours of hard graft.

18. InterOss® Anorganic Cancellous Bone Graft Granules

19. She's also had a major skin graft.

20. Abdominal and thoracic aortic aneurysm stent-graft systems

21. Flame retardant polycarbonate resin/abs graft copolymer blends

22. His career has been one of hard graft.

23. A healthy shoot should form a strong graft.

24. He promised to end graft in public life.

25. Anorganic Bone Graft Materials: Anorganic bone graft materials are a type of xenograft bone graft substitute made from other than human material, such as cow (i.e., bovine) or coral, and is typically used in combination with other types of bone graft materials, for example with collagen or a calcified matrix.

26. This type of bone graft is called an Autograft

27. It's hard graft getting it out of her.

28. Tomorrow you'll be giving an aardvark a skin graft.

29. A mere ￡000, plus two months of hard graft.

30. Group B: Tissue engineering derma with splIt'skin graft group.

31. Schellenberg could see where the skin graft stretched tightly.

32. Their success was the result of years of hard graft .

33. Autologous definition, from the same organism: an Autologous graft

34. Improvement of graft acceptance through manipulation of thymic regeneration

35. Our success has been due to sheer hard graft .

36. Key Words: knee? anterior cruciate ligament? graft diameter? hamstring .

37. The following article reports the case of a graft rejection after autologous keratoplasty, while the homologous graft on the amblyopic fellow eye remained clear.

38. Starting a new business involves a lot of hard graft.

39. Group B : Tissue engineering derma with split skin graft group .

40. Hard graft is the only way to succeed in business.

41. The whole government was riddled with graft, bribery, and corruption.

42. This type of bone graft is known as an Allograft

43. A combination of four amino acids correlated with graft function.

44. Tomorrow you' il be giving an aardvark a skin graft

45. 10 The scion supplies only aerial parts to the GRAFT.

46. The immunological role of graft localization, i.e. the distance of graft antigens from the vascular network, was studied by interlamellar corneal allografting in inbred rats.

47. The structure of Cancellous bone allows rapid revascularization of the graft.

48. Synonyms: corruption, graft [informal], inducement, buying off More Synonyms of Bribery

49. Successful resection and reconstruction was accomplished using a PTFE graft.

50. The plant that accepts the graft is called the rootstock.