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
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 ● 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
A humanized bone marrow ossicle xenotransplantation model enables improved engraftment of healthy and leukemic human hematopoietic cells.
From Nature ● Jan. 23, 2018
Kit regulates HSC engraftment across the human-mouse species barrier.
From Nature ● Jan. 23, 2018
