graft

injerto

Trozo de piel, tejido corporal o planta unido a otro ser vivo para que crezca allí.

En inglés sencillo: A piece of skin, other body tissue, or a plant joined to another living thing so it grows there.

• The skin graft covered the wound.
• The gardener checked whether the graft had grown.
• The surgeon used a graft from the patient's own body.

Sinónimos: transplant

Expresiones frecuentes: skin graft, tissue graft, plant graft

injerto, púa

Pequeño trozo de una planta unido a otra para que crezcan juntas.

En inglés sencillo: A small piece of a plant joined to another plant so they grow together.

• The graft produced new leaves.
• She placed an apple graft on the young tree.
• Two of the grafts failed to grow.

Cómo se usa: a graft on something (The graft on the pear tree is growing well.)

Sinónimos: scion

Expresiones frecuentes: apple graft, successful graft, graft on something

injerto

Trozo de tejido vivo trasladado a otro lugar para reparar o sustituir tejido dañado.

En inglés sencillo: A piece of living body tissue moved to another place to repair or replace damaged tissue.

• The patient needed a skin graft.
• The surgeon placed a bone graft in the damaged area.
• The graft healed well after the operation.

Sinónimos: tissue transplant

Expresiones frecuentes: skin graft, bone graft, tissue graft

injertar

Unir un trozo de una planta a otra para que crezcan juntas.

En inglés sencillo: To join a piece of one plant to another so they grow together.

• You can graft a branch onto this tree.
• She grafted a new variety onto the old apple tree.
• The gardener taught us how to graft roses.

Cómo se usa: graft something onto something (He grafted a pear shoot onto the young tree.)

Sinónimos: affix

Expresiones frecuentes: graft something onto something, graft a branch, graft fruit trees, graft a shoot