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Definition of allografts in English English dictionary
- plural of allograft
- allograft
- A surgical transplant of tissue between genetically different individuals of the same species; a homograft or homotransplant
- allograft
- Tissue transplanted from one individual of the same species to another, as in bone allograft for limb sparing surgery for bone tumours
- allograft
- A transplant between individuals of the same species (see autograft and xenograft) e g two unrelated humans, or between siblings
- allograft
- bone marrow removed from a donor to be used in an allogeneic BMT
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- a homograft between allogeneic individuals
- allograft
- Bone taken from the patient's hip or a bone bank, used in fusion type surgeries
- allograft
- Transplanted organ from a different individual inside species (e g from donor human to recipient human)
- allograft
- a graft transplanted between genetically nonidentical individuals
- allograft
- tissue transplantation in which the donor and recipient are genetically similar but not genetically identical
- allograft
- {i} (Medicine) tissue graft taken from another individual of the same species as the recipient
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- A contraction for the phrase allogeneic transplant
- allograft
- 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
- allograft
- A surgical transplant of tissue between genetically different individuals of the same species; a homograft
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- Allograft is similar to homograft; a valve or tissue donated by a human to use as artificial material during open heart surgery
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- (AL-oh-graft)
- allograft
- A transplant comprised of tissue from the same species as the transplant recipient (as opposed to xenograft, see below)
- allograft
- tissue graft from animal of the same species, not same genotype
- allograft
- An organ or tissue transplanted from one individual to another of the same species, i e human to human
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- Tissue obtained from a donor to be used in another person