graft

Noun
  1. (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient;
    In some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient (synset 105590509)
    referred to in: surgery - the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures
    is a type of: animal tissue - the tissue in the bodies of animals
    subtypes:
    • autograft, autoplasty - tissue that is taken from one site and grafted to another site on the same person
    • allograft, homograft - tissue or organ transplanted from a donor of the same species but different genetic makeup; recipient's immune system must be suppressed to prevent rejection of the graft
    • heterograft, xenograft - tissue from an animal of one species used as a temporary graft (as in cases of severe burns) on an individual of another species
    same as: transplant
  2. The practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage (synset 100777759)
    is a type of: felony - a serious crime (such as murder or arson)
    subtypes:
    • barratry - the crime of a judge whose judgment is influenced by bribery
    • commercial bribery - bribery of a purchasing agent in order to induce the agent to enter into a transaction
    same as: bribery
  3. The act of grafting something onto something else (synset 100380396)
    is a type of: affixation, attachment - the act of attaching or affixing something
    same as: grafting
Verb
  1. Cause to grow together parts from different plants (synset 201533466)
    "graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree"
    is a type of: conjoin, join - make contact or come together
    same as: engraft, ingraft
  2. Place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient (synset 201533219)
    entail: move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
    is a type of: enter, infix, insert, introduce - put or introduce into something
    same as: transplant

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