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Noun
That includes Parkinson’s disease, where preclinical and clinical studies have evaluated the use of nerve, or neural, grafts.—New Atlas, 10 Apr. 2025 There are, however, webs at the distal end of the graft between all fingers and thumb which should be dealt with as soon as possible.—Geoff Dyer, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
Verb
With this method, stem cells are grafted together with the fat and may work quicker to develop these vascularization processes, resulting in better outcomes for the survival of fat cells.—Parizaad Khan Sethi, Allure, 2 May 2025 There’s a new head coach to hire, a top-six center to land and a lot of scoring skill to graft onto this roster.—Thomas Drance, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for graft
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Etymology
Noun (1) and Verb (1)
Middle English graffe, grafte, from Anglo-French greffe, graife stylus, graph, from Medieval Latin graphium, from Latin, stylus, from Greek grapheion, from graphein to write — more at carve
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