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noun
An operation to graft a piece of skin, moving it from one place to another; a dermoplasty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery
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noun
A piece of skin grafted during such a surgery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery
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verb
To perform such an operation upon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery
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noun
a piece of skin taken from a donor area and surgically grafted at the site of an injury or burn
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: skin, tegument, cutis
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