Etymology

pinch grafting

Today it means: A technique of skin grafting in which the graft is harvested by pinching the skin and shaving off a small bit of epidermis without drawing blood. Full definition →

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The story

From the way the person performing the procedure pinches the skin in order to harvest tissue to graft.

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