Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An operation whereby particles of healthy skin are transplanted from the body of the same or another person to a wound or burned surface, to form a new skin. Also called Reverdin's operation or method.

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Examples

  • As the book slid across the table, my mind swirled with Young Frankenstein—type images of Gene Wilder holding a home skin-grafting kit and Marty Feldman standing near a refrigerator full of gelatinous brown blobs growing in petri dishes.

    Life As We Know It Jennifer Foote Sweeney 2008

  • As the book slid across the table, my mind swirled with Young Frankenstein—type images of Gene Wilder holding a home skin-grafting kit and Marty Feldman standing near a refrigerator full of gelatinous brown blobs growing in petri dishes.

    Life As We Know It Jennifer Foote Sweeney 2008

  • As the book slid across the table, my mind swirled with Young Frankenstein—type images of Gene Wilder holding a home skin-grafting kit and Marty Feldman standing near a refrigerator full of gelatinous brown blobs growing in petri dishes.

    Life As We Know It Jennifer Foote Sweeney 2008

  • As the book slid across the table, my mind swirled with Young Frankenstein—type images of Gene Wilder holding a home skin-grafting kit and Marty Feldman standing near a refrigerator full of gelatinous brown blobs growing in petri dishes.

    Life As We Know It Jennifer Foote Sweeney 2008

  • As the book slid across the table, my mind swirled with Young Frankenstein—type images of Gene Wilder holding a home skin-grafting kit and Marty Feldman standing near a refrigerator full of gelatinous brown blobs growing in petri dishes.

    Life As We Know It Jennifer Foote Sweeney 2008

  • As the book slid across the table, my mind swirled with Young Frankenstein—type images of Gene Wilder holding a home skin-grafting kit and Marty Feldman standing near a refrigerator full of gelatinous brown blobs growing in petri dishes.

    Life As We Know It Jennifer Foote Sweeney 2008

  • As the book slid across the table, my mind swirled with Young Frankenstein—type images of Gene Wilder holding a home skin-grafting kit and Marty Feldman standing near a refrigerator full of gelatinous brown blobs growing in petri dishes.

    Life As We Know It Jennifer Foote Sweeney 2008

  • As the book slid across the table, my mind swirled with Young Frankenstein—type images of Gene Wilder holding a home skin-grafting kit and Marty Feldman standing near a refrigerator full of gelatinous brown blobs growing in petri dishes.

    Life As We Know It Jennifer Foote Sweeney 2008

  • Lloyd's retractors, 1 pair ordinary retractors, 2 pairs of forceps, 3 pairs of Scissors, 1 skin-grafting razor and roll of perforated tin foil, 1 metal pocket case, and 1 hypodermic syringe with tabloids.

    Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre George Henry Makins

  • "They're trying the new ambersine treatment, and later on, I suppose, they can rely on skin-grafting and facial surgery," Peter explained to me.

    The Prairie Mother Arthur Stringer 1912

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