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
It would be entirely practicable to engraft the entire Swiss system of universal military training in the public schools on the school system of the State of West Virginia.
From Our National Defense: The Patriotism of Peace by George Hebard Maxwell
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