regraft
/riˈɡræft/
verb
- To graft again; to attach a shoot or branch from one plant to another a second time, or to reattach tissue surgically.
- After the storm damaged the tree, the arborist tried to regraft the broken limb.
- The gardener had to regraft the apple branch after the first graft failed to take.
- The surgeon decided to regraft the skin onto the burn wound for better healing.
Synonyms
noun
- An act or instance of grafting again; a second graft.
- The regraft of the rose cutting was successful this time.
- The farmer performed a regraft on the young tree to improve fruit production.
- The patient needed a regraft after the initial skin graft was rejected.