homostatic

Adjective

 * 1) Describing homografts which are inert when transplanted into the recipient.
 * 2) * 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.
 * 1) * H. Conway, The Bulletin of the Hong Kong Chinese Medical Association, 13, 43:
 * These grafts persist however as homostatic grafts and are completely replaced by host tissues in time.