white graft
white graft noun: a hyperacute rejection of a transplant, such as a skin graft, such that vascularization doesn’t occur due to the arteries being occluded by preformed antibodies, resulting in infarction and requiring removal of the transplant.
Noun
white graft (countable and uncountable, plural white grafts)
- A hyperacute rejection of a transplant, such as a skin graft, such that vascularization doesn’t occur due to the arteries being occluded by preformed antibodies, resulting in infarction and requiring removal of the transplant.
- All control grafts were rejected in the time and manner of first set grafts, but the test graft was rejected in the time and manner of a white graft.1965, Birth Defects Original Article Series - Volume 1, Issue 1, page 36
- The histologic patterns of response observed in animals exhibiting either white graft or accelerated rejection reactions were identical to those described for such reactions after sensitization of the recipients with guinea pig tissues.1966, Histocompatibility Testing, 1965, page 172
Forms of white graft
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Origin of white graft
From the anemia of the rejected transplant tissue.
Questions about white graft
- What does white graft mean?
- White graft means a hyperacute rejection of a transplant, such as a skin graft, such that vascularization doesn’t occur due to the arteries being occluded by preformed antibodies, resulting in infarction and requiring removal of the transplant.
- What part of speech is white graft?
- White graft is a noun.
- What is the plural of white graft?
- The plural of white graft is white grafts.
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