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
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The complaint states Larsen suffered burns to his legs and back that required skin grafts and long-term treatment for scarring and neuropathy.
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City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
Doctors performed a wide local excision on her shin, leaving a circular wound that required a skin graft.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Oct. 2025
After weeks in the hospital, enduring skin grafts and time in a hyperbaric chamber, both men returned home to continue their recovery.
—Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2025
June Shaver's skin grafts were still healing, with scarring and related swelling only now starting, Larry Shaver said.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
Doctors performed a wide local excision on her shin, leaving a circular wound that required a skin graft.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Oct. 2025
After weeks in the hospital, enduring skin grafts and time in a hyperbaric chamber, both men returned home to continue their recovery.
—Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2025
June Shaver's skin grafts were still healing, with scarring and related swelling only now starting, Larry Shaver said.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for skin graft
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“Skin graft.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skin%20graft. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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