tissue graft
1graft-versus-host reaction — noun The reaction occurring when lymphocytes in a tissue graft respond to antigens present in the recipient which are not identical with those of the donor, resulting in attack and destruction of the host tissue (abbrev GVH) • • • Main Entry:… …
2tissue-typing — The process of determining the allelic types of the antigens of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) that determine whether a tissue graft will be accepted or rejected. At present carried out either by use of polyclonal or monoclonal… …
3Graft (surgery) — Intervention MeSH D019737 Grafting refers to a surgical procedure to move tissue from one site to another on the body, or from another person, without bringing its own blood supply with it. Instead, a new blood supply grows in after it is placed …
4graft — Ⅰ. graft [1] ► NOUN 1) a shoot from one plant inserted into a slit cut into another to form a new growth. 2) a piece of living bodily tissue that is transplanted surgically to replace diseased or damaged tissue. 3) an operation in which tissue is …
5Graft — may refer to:*Grafting, where the tissues of one plant are affixed to the tissues of another *Medical grafting, a surgical procedure to transplant tissue without a blood supply *Skin grafting, a type of organ transplant procedure involving skin… …
6graft — [graft, gräft] n. [with unhistoric t, for earlier graff < ME graffe < OFr, a pencil < L graphium < Gr grapheion, stylus (see GRAPHIC): from resemblance of the scion to a pointed pencil] 1. a) a shoot or bud of one plant or tree… …
7graft-versus-hostdisease — graft ver·sus host disease (grăftʹvûr səs hōstʹ, səz ) n. A pathological condition in which cells from the transplanted tissue of a donor initiate an immunologic attack on the cells and tissue of the recipient. * * * …
8Graft — Graft, n. [OE. graff, F. greffe, originally the same word as OF. grafe pencil, L. graphium, Gr. ?, ?, fr. ? to write; prob. akin to E. carve. So named from the resemblance of a scion or shoot to a pointed pencil. Cf. {Graphic}, {Grammar.}] (a) A… …
9graft-versus-host disease — /graft verr seuhs hohst , grahft / a reaction in which the cells of transplanted tissue immunologically attack the cells of the host organism, occurring esp. in bone marrow transplants. [1970 75] * * * …
10graft-versus-host disease — graft′ ver sus host′ disease n. pat a reaction in which the cells of transplanted tissue immunologically attack the cells of the host …
