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allograft

 
Dictionary: al·lo·graft   (ăl'ə-grăft') pronunciation
n.
A graft of tissue obtained from a donor of the same species as, but with a different genetic make-up from, the recipient, as a tissue transplant between two humans. Also called homograft.


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Dental Dictionary: allografts
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The transplantation of tissue between genetically nonidentical individuals of the same species. Also known as homoplastic grafts, or homografts.

Veterinary Dictionary: allograft
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A graft between individuals of the same species, but of a different genotype. Formerly called homograft.

 
 

 

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Dental Dictionary. Mosby's Dental Dictionary. Copyright © 2004 by Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.  Read more
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