"white graft" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: white grafts [plural]
Etymology: From the anemia of the rejected transplant tissue. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} white graft (countable and uncountable, plural white grafts)
  1. (medicine) A hyperacute rejection of a transplant, such as a skin graft, such that vascularization doesn’t occur due to the arteries being occluded by preformed antibodies, resulting in infarction and requiring removal of the transplant. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-white_graft-en-noun-l5HVGk0v Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: medicine, sciences

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