- skin graft
- nouna piece of skin taken from a donor area and surgically grafted at the site of an injury or burn
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I. transitive verb: to graft skin toII. noun: a piece of skin of variable size and thickness cut from a donor area and transferred to the place to be repaired* * *
Surg.1. skin used for transplanting in skin grafting.2. an instance of skin grafting.3. the surgical site of a skin graft.[1890-95]* * *
skin graft nounThe transplantation of a piece of skin from one part of the body to another where there has been an injury, esp a burn• • •Main Entry: ↑skin* * *
a medical operation in which skin is taken from one part of someone’s body and put on another part of their body where skin has been damagedThesaurus: medical operationshyponym* * *
skin graft,1. a portion of skin surgically transferred from one part of a boto another or from one person to another person: »A thin skin graft is about one-thousandth of an inch thick and includes all of the epidermis…and a little of the dermis (William B. Youmans).
2. the act or fact of making such a graft.* * *
n. a surgical operation in which a piece of healthy skin is transplanted to a new site on the body■ a piece of skin transferred in this way* * *
a medical operation in which healthy skin is taken from one part of sb's body and placed over another part to replace skin that has been burned or damaged; a piece of skin that is moved in this way
Useful english dictionary. 2012.