grafting
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of grafting
Example Sentences
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Facial fat grafting, up 39% in 2025 compared with the year prior, involves removing fat from elsewhere in the body, such as the stomach, via liposuction and then having it injected into the face.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Other approaches, including guided tissue regeneration and bone grafting, have been explored, but their results can vary and are often difficult to predict.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2026
Nonsurgical options like dermal fillers or fat grafting can suffuse depressions to create a more centered appearance.
From Slate ● Feb. 22, 2026
Yet they were also influential in pushing reggae into modernity, using digital instrumentation on Chaka Demus & Pliers’ 1993 smash “Murder She Wrote” and grafting their textures into the Fugees’ bestselling LP “The Score.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2026
I consider the possibilities of grafting the woody stems from one plant to another.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
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