graduated

(grad’u-at-ed) (L. gra’dus step). Marked by a succe ion of lines, steps, or degrees. See cerate Affected with or of the nature of Gracfe’s sign, etc. (gra’féz) [Albrecht von Graefe, German ophthalmologist, 1828-1870]. See sign. graft (graft). A slip of skin or of other ti ue for implantation. g., a graft of ti ue trans- ferred from one of the lower animals to man. Called also sod plastic g. auto-epidermic g., a skinseraft taken from the patient’s own body. autop] tic g., a graft that is taken from the patient’s own body. me-g., a piece of bone taken from an animal and used to take the place of a removed bone. cotton-g., the insertion of a tuft of cotton into an ulcer to promote healing. 411 GRANULASE dermic g., a graft composed of a bit of the derma, or true skin. epidermic g a Piece of epidermis implanted upon a raw surface. frog-skin g bits of sterilized skin from the fine of the Fog for transfer to the surface of a chronic ulcer. heteroplastic g., a graft that is taken from an animal of another species. homoplastic g. Same as auwutoplastic ε. i so plastic g@., a graft taken from another individual of the same species. omental g’s, strips of omentum to cover the line of enterorrhaphy. periosteal g., a picce of periosteum to cover a denuded bone. in-g., a bit of skin implanted to replace a lost part of the integument. sponge-g., a bit of sponge inserted into a wound to promote the formation of granulacions. lersch’s g., a graft consisting of a piece of skin and a certain thickne of the subcutancous ti ue. id g., a piece of the thyroid body implanted in the ti ues as a remedy for myxedema. sod plastic ga piece of ti ue trans pan red from one of the lower animals to the human