donor site
Tissue extraction area
A donor site is the location on the body from which tissue is taken for transplantation elsewhere.
In skin grafts, the donor site is where healthy skin is harvested to cover a wound or burn: The donor site on her thigh healed within two weeks.
The term also applies in bone grafts and hair transplants.
- graftIllicit political gain
- skin graftTransplanted tissue covering wounds
- harvestGathering mature crops
- skinBody's outer layer
- tissueDisposable soft paper
transplant · hair transplant · bone marrow · wound · wound care · healing · scar · scar tissue · surgery · flap · extraction · autograft · plastic surgery · thigh · scalp · bone · cartilage · dermis