Taber's Medical Dictionary
graft
(graft )
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1. Tissue transplanted or implanted in a part of the body to repair a defect. A homograft (or allograft) is a graft of material from another individual of the same species. A heterograft (or xenograft) is a graft of material from an individual of another species.
2. The process of placing tissue from one site to another to repair a defect.
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Graft." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/760604/all/graft.
Graft. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/760604/all/graft. Accessed October 27, 2025.
Graft. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/760604/all/graft
Graft [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 October 27]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/760604/all/graft.
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