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noun (plural grafts) |
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1. transplanted tissue: a piece of living tissue or an organ that is transplanted to a patient's body, either from a donor or from another part of the patient's body. Grafts are used to replace damaged or diseased tissue or organs.
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2. plant tissue joined to another plant: a piece of living tissue from the shoot of a plant that is joined to the stem and root system of another plant, resulting in the growth of a single plant
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3. graft location: the place where tissue is implanted by means of a graft
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4. grafted plant: a plant that is the product of a graft
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5. joining process: the process of joining one thing to another
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transitive verb (past and past participle graft·ed, present participle graft·ing, 3rd person present singular grafts) |
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1. transplant tissue: to transplant a piece of living tissue or an organ to a part of a patient's body. The tissue or organ may be either from a donor or from another part of the patient's body.
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2. unite plant tissue: to join a piece of tissue from a part of one plant to the stem and root system of another plant to produce desirable characteristics such as vigor or resistance to disease in the new plant
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3. join dissimilar things: to join two things that do not share a natural relationship or affinity for each other
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| [15th century. Via Old French grafe "pencil" (from a similarity with the shoot of a plant) < late Latin graphium (see graffito)] |
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  graft·er noun |
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