skin graft

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noun Surgery.

skin used for transplanting in skin grafting.

an instance of skin grafting.

the surgical site of a skin graft.

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Origin of skin graft

First recorded in 1890–95

Words nearby skin graft

skin food, skin friction, skin friction drag, skinful, skin game, skin graft, skin grafting, skinhead, skink, skinking, skinless

How to use skin graft in a sentence

Given a 50 percent chance of survival, she was hospitalized for 14 weeks, including six weeks in intensive care, and underwent skin grafts and other procedures.
Eve Babitz, who chronicled and reveled in Hollywood hedonism, dies at 78|Matt Schudel|December 19, 2021|Washington Post
Humans already use pig heart valve replacements and skin grafts for burn victims.
Surgeons transplanted a pig kidney into a person, and it worked like normal|Hannah Seo|October 20, 2021|Popular-Science
Creating PGCs from skin tissue, on the other hand, seems like a walk in the park compared to egg freezing.
Men Will Someday Have Kids Without Women|Samantha Allen|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
“I sense that mobile games are starting to shed their skin, getting rid of all the dead things they carry around,” he says.
Lost For Thousands of Strokes: 'Desert Golfing' Is 'Angry Birds' as Modern Art|Alec Kubas-Meyer|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Everyone showed lots of skin and courtship perfumed the air.
What Downton’s Fashion Really Means|Katie Baker|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Most people, however, understood the significance of the photo immediately-- especially those who share my skin.
What Would Happen if I Got in White Cop’s Face?|Goldie Taylor|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The better she does,” she said, rubbing the skin around the clamps, “the heavier it gets.
Dungeons and Genital Clamps: Inside a Legendary BDSM Chateau|Ian Frisch|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Many of us had been hit by the balls, but a bruise or a graze of the skin was the worst consequence that had ensued.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
A lurid spot on each cheek showed burning red through the bronze of his skin.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
I saw this girl, eight or nine years old, all benumbed and nothing but skin and bone.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
Movement to know that she was attired in appropriate costume—short frock, biped continuations and a mannish oil-skin hat.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
And it is quite true that the particular employer can no more break away from these limits than he can jump out of his own skin.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock

British Dictionary definitions for skin graft

skin graft

noun

a piece of skin removed from one part of the body and surgically grafted at the site of a severe burn or similar injury

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