skin graft

noun

: a piece of skin that is surgically removed from a donor area to replace skin in a defective or denuded area (such as one that has been burned)

also : the procedure by which such a piece of skin is removed and transferred to a new area

skin grafting noun

Examples of skin graft in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The final surgery was reconstructive, involving a skin graft for her eye taken from her left side, beneath her arm. —Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 12 June 2024

Pigs have long been used in medicine for procedures like skin grafts and implantations of heart valves. —Harold Maass, The Week Us, theweek, 18 Apr. 2024

One patient, who spent just a few minutes barefoot outside, ended up with a third-degree burn that required a skin graft and two hospitalizations. —Bychris Morris, Fortune, 4 June 2024

Her doctors tried a skin graft, but by then an infection was already moving through her veins. —Eric Boodman, STAT, 21 May 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1871, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

skin graft

noun

: skin transferred from a donor area to grow new skin at a place where the skin has been destroyed or stripped away (as by burning)

also : the procedure by which such a piece of skin is removed and transferred to a new area

Medical Definition

skin graft

noun

: a piece of skin that is surgically removed from a donor area to replace skin in a defective or denuded area (as one that has been burned)

also : the procedure by which such a piece of skin is removed and transferred to a new area