graft

移植片、接ぎ穂

別の生き物につなぎ、そこで育つ皮膚や組織、植物の一部。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： transplant

よく使う表現： skin graft, tissue graft, plant graft

接ぎ穂

別の植物につなぎ、一緒に育つようにした植物の小さな一部。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： a graft on something (The graft on the pear tree is growing well.)

類義語： scion

よく使う表現： apple graft, successful graft, graft on something

移植片

傷んだ組織を修復したり補ったりするため、別の場所に移す生きた組織。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： tissue transplant

よく使う表現： skin graft, bone graft, tissue graft

接ぐ、接ぎ木する

植物の一部を別の植物につなぎ、一緒に育つようにすること。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： graft something onto something (He grafted a pear shoot onto the young tree.)

類義語： affix

よく使う表現： graft something onto something, graft a branch, graft fruit trees, graft a shoot