graft

greffe, greffon

Morceau de peau, de tissu corporel ou de plante fixé à un autre être vivant pour y pousser.

En anglais simple : A piece of skin, other body tissue, or a plant joined to another living thing so it grows there.

• The skin graft covered the wound.
• The gardener checked whether the graft had grown.
• The surgeon used a graft from the patient's own body.

Synonymes : transplant

Expressions courantes : skin graft, tissue graft, plant graft

greffon

Petit morceau d’une plante fixé à une autre pour qu’ils poussent ensemble.

En anglais simple : A small piece of a plant joined to another plant so they grow together.

• The graft produced new leaves.
• She placed an apple graft on the young tree.
• Two of the grafts failed to grow.

Comment l'utiliser : a graft on something (The graft on the pear tree is growing well.)

Synonymes : scion

Expressions courantes : apple graft, successful graft, graft on something

greffon, greffe

Morceau de tissu vivant déplacé pour réparer ou remplacer un tissu endommagé.

En anglais simple : A piece of living body tissue moved to another place to repair or replace damaged tissue.

• The patient needed a skin graft.
• The surgeon placed a bone graft in the damaged area.
• The graft healed well after the operation.

Synonymes : tissue transplant

Expressions courantes : skin graft, bone graft, tissue graft

greffer

Fixer un morceau d’une plante sur une autre pour qu’ils poussent ensemble.

En anglais simple : To join a piece of one plant to another so they grow together.

• You can graft a branch onto this tree.
• She grafted a new variety onto the old apple tree.
• The gardener taught us how to graft roses.

Comment l'utiliser : graft something onto something (He grafted a pear shoot onto the young tree.)

Synonymes : affix

Expressions courantes : graft something onto something, graft a branch, graft fruit trees, graft a shoot