| animal graft | A graft of tissue from an animal to a human. Synonym: animal graft, zooplastic graft. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| augmentation graft | A graft of material used to increase the size, shape, or volume of a structure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autodermic graft | A skin autograft. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autogeneic graft | <procedure> Graft taken from one part of the body and placed in another site on the same individual. (02 Jan 1998) |
| autologous graft | <procedure> Graft taken from one part of the body and placed in another site on the same individual. (02 Jan 1998) |
| autoplastic graft | <procedure> Graft taken from one part of the body and placed in another site on the same individual. (02 Jan 1998) |
| Blair-Brown graft | A split-thickness graft of intermediate thickness. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bone graft | Bone transplanted from a donor site to a recipient site. See: osteoplasty. (05 Mar 2000) |
| brephoplastic graft | A graft from an embryo or newborn to an adult. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bypass graft | <surgery> An alternative blood vessel that is created by a surgeon to reroute blood flow. Grafts may be synthetic (dacryon) or autologous (a vein from the patients own leg used as a substitute for the diseased vessel). (20 Mar 1998) |
| cable graft | A multiple strand nerve graft arranged as a pathway for regeneration of axons. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vascularised graft | The state of a graft after the recipient vasculature has been connected with the vessels in the graft. (05 Mar 2000) |
| partial-thickness graft | A graft of portions of the skin, i.e., the epidermis and part of the dermis, or of part of the mucosa and submucosa, but not including the periosteum. Synonym: partial-thickness graft, split-skin graft. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pedicle graft | A skin flap sustained by a blood-carrying stem from the donor site during transfer, in periodontal surgery, a flap used to increase the width of attached gingiva, or to cover a root surface, by moving the attached gingiva, which remains joined at one side, to an adjacent position and suturing the free end. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Reverdin graft | Small bits of skin, of partial or full thickness, removed from a healthy area and seeded in a site to be covered. Synonym: Reverdin graft. (05 Mar 2000) |