graft

innesto

Pezzo di pelle, tessuto corporeo o pianta unito a un altro organismo perché cresca lì.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: transplant

Espressioni comuni: skin graft, tissue graft, plant graft

innesto, marza

Piccolo pezzo di una pianta unito a un’altra perché crescano insieme.

In inglese semplice: 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.

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

Sinonimi: scion

Espressioni comuni: apple graft, successful graft, graft on something

innesto

Pezzo di tessuto vivo trasferito in un’altra sede per riparare o sostituire tessuto danneggiato.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: tissue transplant

Espressioni comuni: skin graft, bone graft, tissue graft

innestare

Unire un pezzo di una pianta a un’altra perché crescano insieme.

In inglese semplice: 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.

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

Sinonimi: affix

Espressioni comuni: graft something onto something, graft a branch, graft fruit trees, graft a shoot