skin graft
Americannoun
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skin used for transplanting in skin grafting.
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an instance of skin grafting.
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the surgical site of a skin graft.
noun
Etymology
Origin of skin graft
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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Beside him, Rama Adam Ibrahim, 17, has just received a skin graft taken from his thigh to reconstruct the skin of his right foot.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
Gaby said her scars were bigger than she expected, with one on her leg from a skin graft and an indent on her face from the tumour, but she found them "quite cool now".
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2025
He comes for treatment to fade pigmentation on his decade-old top surgery scars and treat the keloids along his left forearm where doctors took a skin graft and nerve for his phalloplasty in 2019.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2025
Now, researchers from Japan report a new way to "grow your own" donor skin that could help improve the success of skin graft generation.
From Science Daily ● May 29, 2024
This xenograft, as it’s called, would stay in place until the underlying tissue had regenerated enough to supply blood to the skin graft.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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