graft (medicine)

A tissue or organ that can be used for transplantation. An allograft (homograft) is taken from a member of the same species but one that is genetically dissimilar. An autograft is taken from the animal's or the patient's own body or a genetically identical individual (eg an identical twin). A xenograft (heterograft) is taken from a species different to that of the host.

Graft may refer to:

Grafting, where the tissues of one plant are affixed to the tissues of another Medical grafting, a surgical procedure to transplant tissue without a blood supply Skin grafting, a type of organ transplant procedure involving skin Graft (Netherlands), a village in the municipality of Graft-De Rijp Photografting In politics, graft is a form of political corruption whereby someone profits personally from the public budget In some parts of the world, for example in the United Kingdom, graft means hard work (as a noun) or to work hard (as a verb). This the more commonly understood meaning in the UK The origins of this word are still unproven, but a likely source is the act of digging, considered a low or menial type of work. In American slang of the mid-1800s, graft was used to mean work. The root word is graaf, the imperative form of Dutch word for digging Graft (1915 film)

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