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- Dictionarygraft/ɡrɑːft/
noun
- 1. a shoot or twig inserted into a slit on the trunk or stem of a living plant, from which it receives sap. Similar
- 2. a piece of living tissue that is transplanted surgically. Similar
verb
- 1. insert (a shoot or twig) as a graft: "it was common to graft different varieties on to a single tree trunk"
- 2. transplant (living tissue) as a graft: "they can graft a new hand on to the nerve ends" Similar
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a piece of healthy skin or bone cut from one part of a person's body and used to repair another damaged part, or a piece cut from one living plant and attached to another plant so that it grows there: skin graft He has had a skin graft on his badly burned arm. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Medical treatment: surgery. ablate.
grafted; grafting; grafts. transitive verb. 1. a. : to cause (a scion) to unite with a stock. also : to unite (plants or scion and stock) to form a graft. b. : to propagate (see propagate sense transitive 1) (a plant) by grafting. 2.
Dec 19, 2018 · Graft is a specific type of corruption whereby an official uses his public stature to gain illegal benefit. For instance, a senator who sits on the armed services committee in the U.S. senate cannot use his knowledge of military contracts to buy stock in a defense contractor's company.
Material, especially living tissue or an organ, surgically attached to or inserted into a bodily part to replace a damaged part or compensate for a defect. b. The procedure of implanting or transplanting such material. c. The configuration or condition resulting from such a procedure.
Graft, as understood in American English, is a form of political corruption defined as the unscrupulous use of a politician's authority for personal gain. Political graft occurs when funds intended for public projects are intentionally misdirected in order to maximize the benefits to private interests.
To 'grift' is 'to obtain (money) illicitly (as in a confidence game).' 'Graft' is 'something (as money or advantage) gotten in a dishonest way and especially by betraying a public trust.'
Grafting or graftage [1] is a horticultural technique whereby tissues of plants are joined so as to continue their growth together. The upper part of the combined plant is called the scion ( / ˈsaɪən /) while the lower part is called the rootstock. The success of this joining requires that the vascular tissues grow together.
Grafting refers to a surgical procedure to move tissue from one site to another on the body, or from another creature, without bringing its own blood supply with it. Instead, a new blood supply grows in after it is placed. A similar technique where tissue is transferred with the blood supply intact is called a flap.
1. any tissue or organ for implantation or transplantation. 2. to implant or transplant such tissues. This term is preferred over transplant in the case of skin grafts. See also implant. allogeneic graft allograft. autodermic graft ( autoepidermic graft) a skin graft taken from the patient's own body.
a small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit. Graft noun. a branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot.
