HOMOGRAFT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does homograft mean? 

• HOMOGRAFT (noun)
  The noun HOMOGRAFT has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: HOMOGRAFT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOMOGRAFT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

allograft; homograft

Hypernyms ("homograft" is a kind of...):

graft; transplant ((surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient)

 Context examples 

Surgery performed with the purpose of replacing a degenerated, calcified, malformed, dysfunctional, etc. mitral valve with bioprosthetic, homograft or autograft valve.

(Mitral Valve Replacement, NCI Thesaurus)

Surgery performed with the purpose of replacing a degenerated, calcified, malformed, dysfunctional, etc. aortic valve with a bioprosthetic, homograft, or autograft valve.

(Aortic Valve Replacement, NCI Thesaurus)