grafts 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 "grafts" in a sentence

1. Of the failing grafts 53% were femoropopliteal bypass grafts followed by 31% failing femorodistal grafts.

2. BTB grafts represented 58.2% (n = 1,012) of the Autografts, and hamstring grafts represented 41.8% (n = 727).

3. Why didn't you get skin grafts?

4. All grafts had united by 6 months and there was no failure of the bone grafts or acetabular loosening.

5. Arteriovenous grafts, replacement heart valves, small diameter grafts, medical devices for use in relation to anterior cruciate ligament

6. Her burns were treated with skin grafts.

7. Figures are presented illustrating syn-, allo- and xenogeneic grafts.

8. Vascularised nerve grafts using composite Arterialised neuro-venous systems

9. Propagation layers cuttings grafts seed other Azaleas can be propagated sexually, from seed, or asexually (vegetatively) from cuttings, layers, grafts or by tissue culture

10. Interposition of bone grafts harvested from the posterior iliac crest.

11. They invented a new method for making the grafts take.

12. Adjustable double blade-handled knife for use with connective tissue grafts

13. ACL grafts should first be broadly classified as either Autografts or allografts

14. Autografts, but these grafts are rapidly rejected unless appropriate immunosuppression is achieved

15. The acetabular bone defect is filled with autogenous or homogenous bone grafts.

16. Anastomoses made were LIMA to LAD and vein grafts to other coronary arteries.

17. Recently, decellularised allogeneic nerve grafts have also become available in German-speaking countries.

18. Percutaneous Revascularization of Occluded Vein Grafts: Is It'still a Temptation to Be Resisted?

19. Need for reconstruction of acetabular roof with compact bone grafts fixed with screws.

20. Cancellous (Particulate) Bone Grafts Cancellous bone grafts consist predominantly of trabecular bone tissue. Cancellous bone has higher osteogenic and osteoinductive properties than cortical bone and a larger number of progenitor cells and osteoblasts

21. Other articles where Autotransplant is discussed: transplant: Transplants and grafts: Autografts cannot be rejected

22. Structured bone grafts, predominantly homologous bone, were used in ten cases for acetabular reconstruction.

23. For two years I had to stay in the hospital for skin and bone grafts.

24. Ultrasound is applied merely for osteotomies of alveolar bone and intraoral harvesting of bone grafts.

25. Addition of cephalic-region adenohypophyseal, chorioallantoic grafts to operated embryos lessened the degree of retardation.

26. In many experimental and clinical studies, vascularized bone grafts were compared to their nonvascularized analogs.

27. We also provide vein mapping ultrasounds to evaluate vein Adequacies for creating fistulas and grafts.

28. The corneal grafts in CD 8 knock out mice were rejected at ( 28±3 ) days.

29. Autologous or homologous cancellous bone grafts were used to fill acetabular cavities in 17 hip joints.

30. As a result, the acellular matrix grafts can be isolated from autographic, allographic or xenographic tissues.

31. As gold standard both CT (CTA) and MR (MRA) are equally effective in the follow-up of endovascular stent-grafts, allowing 3D control of sac geometry in aneurysmal disease or hemodynamic changes in stent-grafts for aortic dissection.

32. 13 All grafts showed good contact to the adjoining vertebrae with no case of a pseudarthrosis .

33. The septum and Columella will need to be lengthened in this situation with cartilage grafts and repositioning

34. Three tendon grafts have been established as standard for ACL surgery: patellar ligament, hamstring tendons, and quadriceps tendon.

35. Basal Blastema grafts were obtained from the region of the LB Blastema closest to the stump tissue.

36. Alar batten grafts are typically placed in pockets along the nasal sidewall, where there is a particular weakness

37. A system for ablating material in vein grafts includes an ablation burr that is rotated by a driveshaft.

38. Corneae and musculoskeletal grafts are the most commonly transplanted tissues; these outnumber organ transplants by more than tenfold.

39. Transplanting only ABO-compatible grafts (matching blood groups between donor and recipient) helps prevent rejection mediated by humoral immunity.

40. The codes for full-thickness Autografts may also be described as “free skin grafts,” as opposed to tissue transfers

41. The PAS-Port Proximal Anastomosis System is intended to create the aortic Anastomos is of aortic autologous vein grafts

42. In these patients a total of 104 bone grafts from the mandibular ramus were harvested for alveolar ridge augmentation.

43. Inserting synthetic grafts to repair damaged Aortas , the largest artery in the body, is typically the first line of treatment.

44. Apical Blastema grafts were obtained from the tip of the LB Blastema where no blood vessels were visible (Figure 1B)

45. Reconstruction of defects of the superior acetabular rim with structured bone grafts in press-fit technique before total hip replacement.

46. Most bone grafts are expected to be reabsorbed and replaced as the natural bone heals over a few months’ time.

47. Objectives: Little is known regarding the transit-time flow measurement (TTFM) variables in grafts Anastomosed to chronically totally occluded vessels (CTOs)

48. Regarding Autograft ACLR, bone-patellar tendon-bone (BTB) or hamstring grafts were the only Autograft types described in the included studies

49. Patients: 25 patients with 63 bypass grafts and a total of 78 distal anastomoses were studied at a 1.5-Tesla scanner.

50. Risk factor analyses using Cox proportional hazards analysis was performed to clarify the disadvantage of the grafts Anastomosed to vascular prosthesis