Associations to the word «Allograft»

Wiktionary

ALLOGRAFT, noun. (surgery) A surgical transplant of tissue between genetically different individuals of the same species; a homograft or homotransplant

Dictionary definition

ALLOGRAFT, noun. 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.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope