to successfully have transplanted bone marrow or other tissue from donor to recipient. When a bone marrow transplant is successful, the marrow is said to have 'engrafted.' An allograft is engraftment between different individuals (technically of the same species).[close window

when the donor's tissue, bone marrow and/or organ starts to function within the recipient's body.

See Ingraft.

cause to grow together parts from different plants; "graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree"

fix or set securely or deeply; "He planted a knee in the back of his opponent"; "The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum"