homograft

[hoh-muh-graft, -grahft, hom-uh-]

noun

Surgery.

1. allograft.

homograft

/ ˈhɒməˌɡrɑːft /

noun

1. a tissue graft obtained from an organism of the same species as the recipient

Word History and Origins

Origin of homograft¹

First recorded in 1920–25; homo- + graft ¹

Example Sentences

We are marked as self by the chemicals we leave beneath the soles of our shoes, as unmistakably and individually as by the membrane surface antigens detectable in homografts of our tissues.

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