engraft

[ en-graft, -grahft ]

verb (used with object)

1. Horticulture. to insert, as a scion of one tree or plant into another, for propagation:

   to engraft a peach on a plum.

verb (used without object)

1. Surgery. (of living tissue) to become grafted. graft.

engraft

/ ɪnˈɡrɑːft /

verb

1. to graft (a shoot, bud, etc) onto a stock
2. to incorporate in a firm or permanent way; implant

   they engrafted their principles into the document

Derived Forms

• ˌengrafˈtation, noun

Other Words From

• engraf·tation en·graftment noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of engraft¹

First recorded in 1575–85; en- ¹ + graft ¹

Example Sentences

In the case of extensive wounds, however, it can be challenging to harvest enough donor skin, and generating artificial skin substitutes that include hair follicles and sweat glands and can engraft on deep wounds has not been successful.

From Science Daily

However, since C. acnes seems an attractive synthetic biology chassis for treating skin diseases due to its niche environment deep inside hair follicles -practically where sebum is released-, its importance for skin homeostasis, its close contact to relevant therapeutic targets, plus the fact that it has been shown to successfully engraft when applied to human skin, led them to insist on editing the genome of this non-engineerable bacterium.

From Science Daily

When applied to the skin of mice -the only animal model able to test engineered bacteria to date- they engraft, live and produce the protein.

From Science Daily

However, after tens of thousands transplants, little was known about which donor strains provide long-term engraftment, and which engraft early after the transplant.

From Science Daily

Jimi also needed chemotherapy to kill off existing cells in his bone marrow so that his edited stem cells would have room to engraft and grow.

From Washington Post

Related Words

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