skin grafting
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of skin grafting
First recorded in 1875–80
Example Sentences
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“In Italy, skin grafting had evolved as a peasant’s operation, linked culturally and technically to the farmer’s procedure of plant grafting.”
From New York Times • May 14, 2022
To save his hand, surgeons employed a wartime skin grafting technique known as a pedicled flap, which involved attaching it to his abdomen to help the skin tissue heal.
From BBC • Oct. 28, 2021
Skin picking can lead to infections that require intravenous antibiotics and skin grafting.
From Slate • Aug. 22, 2018
Five days a week, they travel to Newton, where he goes into a hyperbaric chamber to heal stubborn wounds from the skin grafting.
From Washington Times • Sep. 11, 2015
The interne did the dressing day after day, while the Probationer helped him—the Senior disliked burned cases—and talked of skin grafting if a new powder he had discovered did no good.
From Love Stories by Rinehart, Mary Roberts
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