The adjective homostatic has been used to refer to homografts which are inert when transplanted into the recipient. (W. P. Longmire, J. National Cancer Institute 14, 669: The term homostatic graft might be applied to inert tissues such as bone and cartilage when transferred from one individual to another of the same species; and the term homovital graft might be used in reference to grafts whose cells must continue to grow and reproduce for the graft to be effective after similar transplantation; H. Conway, The Bulletin of the Hong Kong Chinese Medical Assocation 13, 43: These grafts persist however as homostatic grafts and are completely replaced by host tissues in time.)
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