GRAFTAGE Synonyms

• (embryology) the organic process whereby a fertilized egg becomes implanted in the lining of the uterus of placental mammals

• the act of planting or setting in the ground

• a surgical procedure that places something in the human body

• a junction where two things (as paper or film or magnetic tape) have been joined together

• joint made by overlapping two ends and joining them together

• join the ends of

• perform a marriage ceremony

• join together so as to form new genetic combinations

• join by interweaving strands

• an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient)

• the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location

• of trade unions

• an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer

• the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War)

• the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes

• the state of being joined or united or linked

• the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)

• healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones

• a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations

• a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets

• the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts

• a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner)

• the act of making or becoming a single unit

• being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War