regraft

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verb

To graft again or anew.

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Meanings

verbregraft (third-person singular simple present regrafts, present participle regrafting, simple past and past participle regrafted)

present singular third person regrafts · participle present regrafting · participle past regrafted · past regrafted

  1. transitiveTo graft again or anew.
nounregraft (plural regrafts)

plural regrafts

  1. A second or subsequent graft.

    Five-year graft survival rates —— defined as needing a regraft or having a cloudy cornea that compromised vision —— was 86 percent for the group of donors under 65 and exactly the same for the group older than 65.

    2008 April 8, Nicholas Bakalar, “Vision: Study Sees Value in Older Cornea Donors”, in New York Times

Origin

From re- + graft.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

grafter
Cite this entry
APA

regraft. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/regraft

MLA

“regraft.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/regraft. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “regraft,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/regraft.

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