| CARB | carbohydrate; coronary artery bypass graft |
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| CAVG | coronary artery vein graft |
| CBG | capillary blood gases; coronary bypass graft; corticosteroid-binding globulin; cortisol-binding glob... |
| CVG | contrast ventriculography; coronary venous graft; cutis verticis gyrata |
| DCABG | double coronary artery bypass graft |
| host vs graft reaction | The immune responses of a host to a graft. A specific response is graft rejection. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| sieve graft | An obsolete term for a full-thickness skin graft taken after cutting multiple holes in it with a circular punch, thus leaving islands of skin in the donor area to heal it. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hyperplastic graft | A graft in active proliferation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sleeve graft | A graft for repairing a severed nerve by connecting central and peripheral ends with a sleevelike structure, commonly, a segment of vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| split-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) |
| Stent graft | An inlay skin graft, or a skin graft held in place by a tie-over dressing. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nerve graft | A nerve, or part of a nerve, used as a graft. (05 Mar 2000) |
| delayed graft | Application of a skin graft after waiting several days for healthy granulations to form. (05 Mar 2000) |
| syngeneic graft | A tissue or organ transplanted between genetically identical individuals. Synonym: isogeneic graft, isograft, isologous graft, isoplastic graft, syngeneic graft. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dermal-fat graft | A dermal graft with attached subcutaneous fat. Synonym: adipodermal graft. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dermal graft | A graft of dermis, made from skin by cutting away a thin split-thickness graft. (05 Mar 2000) |
| disease, graft-versus-host | A reaction of donated bone marrow against a patient's own tissue. Also called GVHD. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Douglas graft | An obsolete eponym for sieve graft. (05 Mar 2000) |
| implantation graft | Placing of Davis graft's deep into the interstices of granulation tissue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| infusion graft | Transplantation by injection of a suspension of cells. (05 Mar 2000) |