GRAFT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does graft mean? 

• GRAFT (noun)
  The noun GRAFT has 3 senses:

1. (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient

2. the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage

3. the act of grafting something onto something else

  Familiarity information: GRAFT used as a noun is uncommon.

• GRAFT (verb)
  The verb GRAFT has 2 senses:

1. cause to grow together parts from different plants

2. place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient

  Familiarity information: GRAFT used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GRAFT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

graft; transplant

Hypernyms ("graft" is a kind of...):

animal tissue (the tissue in the bodies of animals)

Domain category:

surgery (the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "graft"):

autograft; autoplasty (tissue that is taken from one site and grafted to another site on the same person)

allograft; homograft (tissue or organ transplanted from a donor of the same species but different genetic makeup; recipient's immune system must be suppressed to prevent rejection of the graft)

heterograft; xenograft (tissue from an animal of one species used as a temporary graft (as in cases of severe burns) on an individual of another species)

Derivation:

graft (place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

bribery; graft

Hypernyms ("graft" is a kind of...):

felony (a serious crime (such as murder or arson))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "graft"):

barratry (the crime of a judge whose judgment is influenced by bribery)

commercial bribery (bribery of a purchasing agent in order to induce the agent to enter into a transaction)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The act of grafting something onto something else

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

graft; grafting

Hypernyms ("graft" is a kind of...):

affixation; attachment (the act of attaching or affixing something)

Derivation:

graft (cause to grow together parts from different plants)

• GRAFT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they graft    ... he / she / it grafts   
Past simple: grafted   
Past participle: grafted   
-ing form: grafting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to grow together parts from different plants

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

engraft; graft; ingraft

Context example:

graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree

Hypernyms (to "graft" is one way to...):

conjoin; join (make contact or come together)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something to somebody

Derivation:

graft; grafting (the act of grafting something onto something else)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

graft; transplant

Hypernyms (to "graft" is one way to...):

enter; infix; insert; introduce (put or introduce into something)

"Graft" entails doing...:

move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

graft ((surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient)

grafting (the act of grafting something onto something else)

 Context examples 

It is used both as a test for histocompatibility and in conjunction with other immunosuppressive agents to suppress rejection of grafts or organ transplants.

(Antilymphocyte Serum, NCI Thesaurus)

The connection where the graft joins the aorta usually less than or equal to 3 mm from insertion point.

(Aortic Anastomosis of Graft, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

IMMU-14 may be beneficial in the treatment of graft versus host disease (GVHD) as it appears to suppress T-lymphocyte proliferation and natural killer (NK) cell activation.

(Anti-HLA-DR Monoclonal Antibody IMMU-114, NCI Thesaurus)

Inactivation of leukocytes can prevent graft versus host disease upon transfusion.

(Amotosalen, NCI Thesaurus)

Grafting or transplanting cells, tissues, or organs between genetically non-identical individuals.

(Allografting, NCI Thesaurus)

Grafting of pituitary tissue between genetically identical individuals.

(Pituitary Isograft, NCI Thesaurus)

A graft transferred from one location to another within the same individual.

(Autograft, NCI Thesaurus)

A bone graft transplants bone tissue.

(Bone Grafts, NIH)

A research tool used to assess inflammation in the mouth and classification of oral changes after bone marrow transplant and chronic graft versus host disease.

(Oral Mucositis Rating Scale, NCI Thesaurus)

Allowing establishment of infection or acceptance of graft material.

(Permissiveness, NCI Thesaurus)