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homostatic

homostatic adjective: describing homografts which are inert when transplanted into the recipient.

Adjective

homostatic (not comparable)

  1. Describing homografts which are inert when transplanted into the recipient.
    • The term homostatic graft might be applied to inert tissues such as bone and cartilage when transferred from one individual to another of the same species; and the term homovital graft might be used in reference to grafts whose cells must continue to grow and reproduce for the graft to be effective...W. P. Longmire, J. National Cancer Institute, 14, 669
    • These grafts persist however as homostatic grafts and are completely replaced by host tissues in time.H. Conway, The Bulletin of the Hong Kong Chinese Medical Association, 13, 43

Origin of homostatic

From homo- + static.

Questions about homostatic

What does homostatic mean?
Homostatic means describing homografts which are inert when transplanted into the recipient.
What part of speech is homostatic?
Homostatic is an adjective.

Words near homostatic in the dictionary

  1. homospore
  2. homospores
  3. homosporous
  4. homospory
  5. homostasis
  6. homostatic
  7. homosteric
  8. homosteroid
  9. homosteroids
  10. homostiid
  11. homostructure

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