graft

[A.S. grief.] Anything inserted into something else so as to become an integral part of the latter; specifically a bit of epidermis, strip of skin, piece of bone, tooth, etc., inserted into a part in order to supply a defect, an'imal g., zooplastic g. autoplas'tic g., a g. taken from another part of the same person, heteroplas'tic g., a g. taken from another individual, homoplas'tic g., autoplastic g. sponge g., a thin bit of sponge laid on an ulcerated surface with the object of stimulating the growth of epiderm i is. zoSplas'tic g., a g. taken from one of the lower animals.