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skin grafting

American  

noun

Surgery.
  1. the transplanting of healthy skin from the patient's or another's body to a wound or burn, to form new skin.


Etymology

Origin of skin grafting

First recorded in 1875–80

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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

A firefighter injured while battling the Caldor Fire last weekend was expected to be hospitalized for a month after undergoing skin grafting surgery.

From Washington Times Sep. 1, 2021

Skin picking can lead to infections that require intravenous antibiotics and skin grafting.

From Slate Aug. 22, 2018

"Is there a crush already in the waiting rooms of the old doctor that does skin grafting?"

From Strictly business: more stories of the four million by Henry, O.

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