homograft
/ˈhoʊməˌɡræft/
noun
- A tissue or organ transplant taken from a donor of the same species as the recipient.
- The hospital keeps a supply of homografts for emergency skin grafts.
- The surgeon used a homograft from a human donor to repair the patient's heart valve.
- Homografts are often preferred because they are less likely to be rejected than artificial materials.
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