Definition of Engraftment

1. Noun. The act of engrafting or something engrafted ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Engraftment

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Engraftment

1. When bone marrow infused during a bone marrow transplant takes or is accepted by the patient and begins producing blood cells. (16 Dec 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Engraftment

engoulée
engrace
engraced
engraces
engracing
engraff
engraffed
engraffing
engraffment
engraffments
engraffs
engraft
engraftable
engrafted
engrafting
engraftment (current term)
engraftments
engrafts
engrail
engrailed
engrailing
engrailment
engrailments
engrails
engrain
engrained
engraining
engrains
engram
engramma

Literary usage of Engraftment

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cord Blood: Establishing a National Hematopoietic Stem Cell Bank Program by Emily Ann Meyer, Kristine M. Gebbie, Kathi E. Hanna (2005)
"For example, in studies of BM-derived engraftment into the heart, the reported frequencies of engraftment vary by four orders of magnitude—a difference that ..."

2. The Manuscripts of His Grace the Duke of Portland: Preserved at Welbeck Abbey by John Nalson, Robert Harley Oxford, William Stratford, James Joel Cartwright, Richard Ward (1901)
"Walpole's heart is set upon the engraftment, and Sunderland too comes into it, which is a proof to one that the pretence to a quarrel betwixt them two is a ..."

3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1890)
"These facts together suggest the possibility of direct transfer of portions of the primary tumor through the oesophagus to the stomach and engraftment upon ..."

4. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith (1880)
"In 1697 the Bank was allowed to enlarge its capital stock by an engraftment of J^i,001171 10*. Its whole capital stock, therefore, amounted at this time to ..."

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