engraft
verb (used with object)
to insert, as a scion of one tree or plant into another, for propagation.
engraftment
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a word derived from
engraft.
Example Sentences
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"These options are inferior, though, as cultured epidermis can only be used for shallow wounds, and the engraftment rate of reconstituted skins is low."
From Science Daily ● May 29, 2024
In 2021, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, gave precise quantification of 150 bacterial strains belonging to 42 bacterial species that showed frequent engraftment after fecal microbial transplants.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2023
Importantly, they also tested for engraftment soon after transplant -- 36 hours to four weeks -- as well as later after transplantation, eight weeks to five years.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2023
Isolation of single human hematopoietic stem cells capable of long-term multilineage engraftment.
From Nature ● Jan. 23, 2018
A humanized bone marrow ossicle xenotransplantation model enables improved engraftment of healthy and leukemic human hematopoietic cells.
From Nature ● Jan. 23, 2018
