engrafting
Inserting living tissue
Engrafting is the process of inserting or implanting something so it becomes part of a larger whole.
In horticulture, it means joining a shoot or bud to an established plant so they grow together.
In medicine, engrafting describes transplanted tissue successfully integrating with the host body: The bone marrow is engrafting well.
Figuratively, ideas or practices can be engrafted onto existing systems or traditions.
Heir of prominence
- rootstockBase for grafted plants
- buddingDeveloping from an outgrowth
- spliceJoin end to end
- propagationAct of spreading widely
cutting · stock · cultivar · arboriculture · orchard · pruning · inoculation · nursery
Absorbing into a whole
- integrationCombining into a whole
- absorptionProcess of taking in
- embeddingPlacing within surrounding mass
- incorporationForming a legal entity
fusion · blending · synthesis · amalgamation · unification · cohesion · melding · interweaving
Embedding into tissue
- transplantationSurgical organ relocation
- biocompatibilityHarmlessness to living systems
- prosthesisManufactured replacement body part
- tissueDisposable soft paper
allograft · stent · rejection · donor · recipient · surgical · vascularization · healing
Consent to receive
- embracingHolding warmly, willingly accepting
- inclusionBeing made part
- initiationFormal admission ceremony
- inductionFormal admission process
reception · attachment · affiliation · belonging · allegiance · welcoming · establishing · naturalizing
scion
Heir of prominence
propagation · cutting · stock · cultivar · arboriculture · orchard · pruning · inoculation · nursery · cambium
assimilation
Absorbing into a whole
- integrationCombining into a whole
- absorptionProcess of taking in
- embeddingPlacing within surrounding mass
incorporation · fusion · blending · synthesis · amalgamation · unification · cohesion · melding · interweaving · harmonization
implantation
Embedding into tissue
- transplantationSurgical organ relocation
- biocompatibilityHarmlessness to living systems
- prosthesisManufactured replacement body part
tissue · allograft · stent · rejection · donor · recipient · surgical · vascularization · healing · integration
acceptance
Consent to receive
- embracingHolding warmly, willingly accepting
- inclusionBeing made part
- initiationFormal admission ceremony
induction · reception · attachment · affiliation · belonging · allegiance · welcoming · establishing · naturalizing · acculturating
engraftingdetaching
Unfastening from attachment
excising · removing · severing · extracting · uprooting
engraftingseeding
Planting or ranking
cutting · layering · dividing · direct sowing
engraftingrejecting
Refusing to accept
expelling · casting out · purging · excluding · repudiating
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