skin graft

noun

: a piece of skin that is surgically removed from a donor area to replace skin in a defective or denuded area (such as one that has been burned)

also : the procedure by which such a piece of skin is removed and transferred to a new area

skin grafting noun

Examples of skin graft in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The complaint states Larsen suffered burns to his legs and back that required skin grafts and long-term treatment for scarring and neuropathy. —City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025

Doctors performed a wide local excision on her shin, leaving a circular wound that required a skin graft. —Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Oct. 2025

After weeks in the hospital, enduring skin grafts and time in a hyperbaric chamber, both men returned home to continue their recovery. —Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2025

June Shaver's skin grafts were still healing, with scarring and related swelling only now starting, Larry Shaver said. —Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1871, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for skin graft

• abaft
• aircraft
• camshaft
• crankshaft
• downdraft
• engraft
• priestcraft
• redraft
• schoolcraft
• spacecraft
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Kids Definition

skin graft

noun

: skin transferred from a donor area to grow new skin at a place where the skin has been destroyed or stripped away (as by burning)

also : the procedure by which such a piece of skin is removed and transferred to a new area

Medical Definition

skin graft

noun

: a piece of skin that is surgically removed from a donor area to replace skin in a defective or denuded area (as one that has been burned)

also : the procedure by which such a piece of skin is removed and transferred to a new area