graft

English Thesaurus

1. the act of grafting something onto something else (noun.act)

hypernym	:	affixation, attachment,
definition	:	the act of attaching or affixing something (noun.act)

2. the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage (noun.act)

hypernym	:	felony,
definition	:	a serious crime (such as murder or arson) (noun.act)

hyponym	:	barratry,
definition	:	the crime of a judge whose judgment is influenced by bribery (noun.act)

hyponym	:	commercial bribery,
definition	:	bribery of a purchasing agent in order to induce the agent to enter into a transaction (noun.act)

3. (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient (noun.body)

hypernym	:	animal tissue,
definition	:	the tissue in the bodies of animals (noun.body)

hyponym	:	autograft, autoplasty,
definition	:	tissue that is taken from one site and grafted to another site on the same person (noun.body)

hyponym	:	allograft, homograft,
definition	:	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 (noun.body)

hyponym	:	heterograft, xenograft,
definition	:	tissue from an animal of one species used as a temporary graft (as in cases of severe burns) on an individual of another species (noun.body)

domain category	:	surgery,
definition	:	the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures (noun.cognition)

4. place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient (verb.contact)

hypernym	:	enter, infix, insert, introduce,
definition	:	put or introduce into something (verb.contact)

entail	:	move,
definition	:	move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion (verb.motion)

5. cause to grow together parts from different plants (verb.contact)

hypernym	:	conjoin, join,
definition	:	make contact or come together (verb.contact)

6. the act of grafting something onto something else (noun.act)

derivation	:	graft, transplant,
definition	:	place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient (verb.contact)

derivation	:	engraft, graft, ingraft,
definition	:	cause to grow together parts from different plants (verb.contact)

7. the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage (noun.act)

derivation	:	bribe, buy, corrupt, grease one's palms,
definition	:	make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence (verb.possession)

8. (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient (noun.body)

derivation	:	graft, transplant,
definition	:	place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient (verb.contact)

9. place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient (verb.contact)

derivation	:	graft, grafting,
definition	:	the act of grafting something onto something else (noun.act)

derivation	:	organ transplant, transplant, transplantation,
definition	:	an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient) (noun.act)

derivation	:	graft, transplant,
definition	:	(surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient (noun.body)

10. cause to grow together parts from different plants (verb.contact)

derivation	:	graft, grafting,
definition	:	the act of grafting something onto something else (noun.act)

11. the act of grafting something onto something else (noun.act)

derivation	:	graft, transplant,
definition	:	place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient (verb.contact)

derivation	:	engraft, graft, ingraft,
definition	:	cause to grow together parts from different plants (verb.contact)

12. the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage (noun.act)

derivation	:	bribe, buy, corrupt, grease one's palms,
definition	:	make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence (verb.possession)

13. (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient (noun.body)

derivation	:	graft, transplant,
definition	:	place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient (verb.contact)

14. place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient (verb.contact)

derivation	:	graft, grafting,
definition	:	the act of grafting something onto something else (noun.act)

derivation	:	organ transplant, transplant, transplantation,
definition	:	an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient) (noun.act)

derivation	:	graft, transplant,
definition	:	(surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient (noun.body)

15. cause to grow together parts from different plants (verb.contact)

derivation	:	graft, grafting,
definition	:	the act of grafting something onto something else (noun.act)