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

Other Word Forms

• engraftation noun
• engraftment noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of engraft¹

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

Example Sentences

“The ubiquity of these DEI requirements that the Biden administration engrafted on virtually everything,” Cruz added, “pulls a lot of good research money away from needed research to satisfy the political pet projects of Democrats.”

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To address the need for more effective treatment for PKD patients, the NTU research team sought to better understand the disease by engrafting their newly developed mini kidneys into mice.

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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.

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For the study, the mice were engrafted with human liver cells and human red blood cells.

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

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