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ALLOGRAFT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tissue or organ transplanted from a donor of the same species but different genetic makeup; recipient's immune system must be suppressed to prevent rejection of the graft
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("allograft" is a kind of...):
graft; transplant ((surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb allograft
Context examples:
If the transplanted bone comes from another person, it is called an allograft.
(Bone Grafts, NIH)
The hyperacute rejection involves the binding of pre-existing human anti-alpha-gal antibodies (which naturally occur against gut flora) to murine alpha-gal epitopes, resulting in the rapid activation of antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) towards allograft cells.
(Algenpantucel-L, NCI Thesaurus)
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