engraft
Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
verb
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to graft (a shoot, bud, etc) onto a stock
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to incorporate in a firm or permanent way; implant
they engrafted their principles into the document
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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.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 9, 2024
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 ● Apr. 28, 2023
But it can take about six weeks for cord blood cells to engraft, so she was also given partially matched blood stem cells from a first-degree relative.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2022
There were now tests to help predict compatibility and to improve the chances that allogeneic marrow cells would engraft.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 15, 2019
A sufficient meaning may perhaps be found in A.S. impan, to plant, engraft.
From Surnames as a Science by Robert Ferguson
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