graft

the removal of some tissue or an organ from one person for application to or IMPLANTATION into the same person or another individual. For example, a SKIN graft involves taking healthy skin from one area of the body to heal damaged skin, and a KIDNEY (or renal) graft (or transplant) is the removal of the organ from one person (usually a recently dead individual) to another. Numerous types of graft are now feasible, including skin, bone cornea, cartilage, nerves and blood vessels, and whole organs such as kidney, heart and lung.