graft
nounmasculinetécnico/ẽˈʃɛɾtu/medium
en·xer·to
Definitions
1The act or technique of grafting; a shoot or bud inserted into a slit in another plant to grow there.
The apple tree graft was successful.
They performed a rose graft to obtain a new variety.
syn
Common collocations
skin graftbone graftto perform a graft
2In medicine, a transplant of living tissue from one part of the body to another, or from one individual to another.
The patient needed a skin graft after the burn.
The bone marrow graft was successful.
Common collocations
skin graftbone grafthair graft
Etymology
Do latim 'insitus' (inserido), particípio passado de 'inserere'.