Regraft

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A second or subsequent graft.

    "Five-year graft survival rates —— defined as needing a regraft or having a cloudy cornea that compromised vision —— was 86 percent for the group of donors under 65 and exactly the same for the group older than 65."

Verb
  1. 1
    To graft again or anew. transitive

Example

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"Five-year graft survival rates —— defined as needing a regraft or having a cloudy cornea that compromised vision —— was 86 percent for the group of donors under 65 and exactly the same for the group older than 65."

Etymology

From re- + graft.

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