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graft
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graft, in surgery: see transplantation, medical transplantation, medical, surgical procedure by which a tissue or organ is removed and replaced by a corresponding part, either from another part of the body or from another individual.
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Some methods of grafting: (1) simple splice graft, showing cut surfaces of stock and scion and the …
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In horticulture, the act of placing a portion of one plant (called a bud or scion) into or on a stem, root, or branch of another (called the stock) in such a way that a union forms and the partners continue to grow. Grafting is used for various purposes: to repair injured trees, produce dwarf trees and shrubs, strengthen plants' resistance to certain diseases, retain varietal characteristics, adapt varieties to adverse soil or climatic conditions, ensure pollination, produce multifruited or multiflowered plants, and propagate certain species (such as hybrid roses) that can be propagated in no other way. In theory, any two plants that are closely related botanically and that have a continuous cambium can be grafted. Grafts between species of the same genus are often successful and between genera occasionally so, but grafts between families are nearly always failures.



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ASTM International has released Bone Graft Substitutes, a book that presents the clinical and scientific aspects of
Book on bone grafting. (Product Marketplace) by Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
Thus, the development of a synthetic, moldable bone graft is the primary goal of tissue engineered products industry.
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