Allograft Definition

ălə-grăft
noun
A graft of tissue obtained from a donor of the same species as, but with a different genetic make-up from, the recipient, as a tissue transplant between two humans.
American Heritage
A graft of tissue or an organ taken from an individual of the same species as the recipient but with different hereditary factors; homograft.
Webster's New World
A tissue or organ graft between genetically different individuals of the same species, as between two humans.
American Heritage Medicine

(surgery) A surgical transplant of tissue between genetically different individuals of the same species; a homograft or homotransplant.

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Noun

Singular:
allograft
Plural:
allografts

Origin of Allograft

  • allo- +‎ graft

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Allograft Sentence Examples

  • Twenty-eight days after intrathymic injection, the mice were transplanted with an H-2K b -positive, fully vascularised cardiac allograft.

  • Since the renal allograft has no collateral arterial supply, irreversible injury may result if the ischemic time exceeds 1.5 hours.

  • The extensive conjunctival defect, involving one-half of the bulbar conjunctiva, was reconstructed with an amniotic membrane allograft.

  • Brod S, Katz S, Phan T and Stepkowski S. Ingested interferon alpha prevents allograft islet transplant rejection.

  • When doctors cannot immediately use the individual's own skin, a temporary graft is performed using the skin of a human donor (allograft), either alive or dead, or the skin of an animal (xenograft), usually that of a pig.

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