What's the difference between graff and graft?

Graff


Definition:

  • (n.) A steward; an overseer.
  • (n. & v.) See Graft.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Simultaneous production of the label pair employs a continuous flow, mixed-gas target irradiated by the University of Wisconsin tandem Van de Graff accelerator.
  • (2) Black and Fenske have presented a topic that fits in very well with the discussions provided by Dr. Graff concerning overall patient evaluation and the understanding that skin diseases may be external expressions of internal disease.
  • (3) The idea is partly inspired by Arnie Graff the Baltimore-based community activist now working for the Labour party.
  • (4) (Debey, P., Hui Bon Hoa, G., Douzou, P., Godefroy-Colburn, T., Graffe, M., AND Grunberg-Manago, M. (1975) Biochemistry 14, 1553).
  • (5) The influence of the insulin secretagogues, carbachol and glucose, on protein kinase C activation in isolated pancreatic islets has been examined by determination of the phosphorylation state of an endogenous 80-kDa protein substrate of protein kinase C. The islet 80-kDa protein was identified as the myristoylated alanine-rich C kinase substrate previously described (Stumpo D. J., Graff, J. M., Albert, K. A., Greengard, P., and Blackshear, P. J.
  • (6) "Used well, a residence can be a huge help to advancing a country's interests," says Garrett Graff, editor of the Washingtonian Magazine .
  • (7) In late 2013 one Russian customer visited Graff Diamonds , a top end jewellery store in London’s Bond Street.
  • (8) One thing that I think really radicalised women is when they understood that this could lead to incarceration for women who had miscarriages,” says Agnieszka Graff, a commentator, activist, and author of World without Women: Gender in Polish Public Life.
  • (9) Although phorbol dibutyrate (5 microM) abolished the cholinergic stimulation of IPs generation (Graff et al., 1987), it did not affect the fluoride-induced response.
  • (10) But EU ambassador Laurent Graffe said: "The money is on track.
  • (11) Following a recent spate of stories claiming there is in-fighting in the Labour election team, Alexander denied he had sacked the party's community organiser, Arnie Graff.
  • (12) A previously isolated thermosensitive mutant [Springer, M., Graffe, M. & Grunberg-Manago, M. (6977) Mol.
  • (13) With the aid of a modified form of the 'therapy session check sheet' (TSCS) of Graff and Luborsky, a constellation of low manifest and low positive transference together with high resistance was isolated which was linked with low LCON with a high prediction rate.
  • (14) Speaking in London at a promotional event for the film, Harrison Ford , who plays Colonel Graff in the sci-fi epic, rejected any suggestion that Card's views are relevant to the content of Ender's Game.
  • (15) Jason Graff writes: "The answer to who plays football in the MOST correct fashion will soon have an answer."
  • (16) People were astonished,” said Agnieszka Graff, a commentator and activist.
  • (17) But in Brevik, unlike Mongstad, “we can utilise waste heat from cement factory so we don’t have to add additional heat,” said Oscar Graff, the chief technology officer for Aker Solutions Clean Carbon .
  • (18) Dr. Graff has done something that I have always felt was important, that is to create a list of possible cutaneous lesions presenting on the lower extremities which might be associated with skin problems elsewhere or be manifestations of systemic disease.
  • (19) positivearts.co.uk Nationwide Based in Manchester, but working across the country, Graff Workshop offers a wide variety of workshops, from birthday parties to team bonding days.
  • (20) NaF (5-20 mM) also increased IPs generation (Graff et al., 1987); this effect was potentiated by AlCl3 (10 microM) and unaffected by pertussis toxin.

Graft


Definition:

  • (n.) A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit.
  • (n.) A branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot.
  • (n.) A portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty.
  • (n.) To insert (a graft) in a branch or stem of another tree; to propagate by insertion in another stock; also, to insert a graft upon.
  • (n.) To implant a portion of (living flesh or akin) in a lesion so as to form an organic union.
  • (n.) To join (one thing) to another as if by grafting, so as to bring about a close union.
  • (n.) To cover, as a ring bolt, block strap, splicing, etc., with a weaving of small cord or rope-yarns.
  • (v. i.) To insert scions from one tree, or kind of tree, etc., into another; to practice grafting.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In this study of ten consecutive patients sustaining molten metal injuries to the lower extremity who were treated with excision and grafting, treatment with compression Unna paste boot was compared with that with conventional dressing.
  • (2) These immunocytochemical studies clearly demonstrated that cells encountered within the fibrous intimal thickening in the vein graft were inevitably smooth muscle cell in origin.
  • (3) An effective graft-surveillance protocol needs to be applicable to all patients; practical in terms of time, effort, and cost; reliable; and able to detect, grade, and assess progression of lesions.
  • (4) On the basis of 180 interventions, they describe in detail the use of fibrin glue in myringo- and tympanoplasty for correct fixing of grafts.
  • (5) Graft life is even more prolonged with patch angioplasty at venous outflow stenoses or by adding a new segment of PTFE to bypass areas of venous stenosis.
  • (6) In dorsoventral (DV) reversed wings at both shoulder or flank level, the motor axons do not alter their course as they enter the graft.
  • (7) The article describes an unusual case with development of a right anterior mediastinal mass after bypass surgery with internal mammary artery grafts.
  • (8) In our experience DSA is a safe, specific means of following postoperative grafts and diagnosing their occlusion.
  • (9) Factors associated with higher incidence of rejection included loose sutures, traumatic wound dehiscence, and grafts larger than 8.5 mm.
  • (10) The result of this study demonstrates that both the "hat" and "inverted" type grafts are highly successful and satisfactory procedures.
  • (11) It is concluded that fibroblast replication is an important mechanism leading to the pathologic fibrosis seen in graft versus host disease and, by analogy, probably other types of immunologically mediated fibrosis.
  • (12) The in vivo approach consisted of interspecies grafting between quail and chick embryos.
  • (13) Attachment of the graft to the wound is similar with and without the addition of human basic fibroblast growth factor, a potent angiogenic agent, to the skin replacement before graft placement on wounds.
  • (14) A conduit of a diameter of 23 mm was made by hand with a glutaraldehyde preserved xenopericardial graft.
  • (15) The remaining grafts appeared to be incorporated securely, as determined by radiographic examination.
  • (16) Attempts were made to prolong the survival of the grafts by the use of cytotosine arabinoside, methylprednisolone, heparin and azathioprine.
  • (17) Grafts of intermediate thickness (M III) showed excellent clinical healing of the donor and the recipient site.
  • (18) It was recently demonstrated that MRL-lpr lymphoid cells transferred into lethally irradiated MRL- +mice unexpectedly failed to induce the early onset of lupus syndrome and massive lymphadenopathy of the donor, instead they caused a severe wasting syndrome resembling graft-vs-host (GvH) disease.
  • (19) Living nonrelated transplants and 0-haplotype matched transplants did well initially at 1-year graft survival but there was a decrease in graft survival in these transplant groups at 2 and 3 years.
  • (20) Fascia TM grafts atrophied in 35 of 43 ears (80%), and perichondrium atrophied in 8 of 20 ears (40%).

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