A patient is brought to the Emergency Department and then admitted inpatient with significant "road burn" wounds from a motorcycle accident. In several stages, the patient receives skin grafts from a compatible donor, another patient in the hospital. This is an example of the use of what type of graft?

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An allograft refers to a transplant of tissue between two genetically non-identical members of the same species, which is the case when a patient receives skin grafts from another person.

A Patient Is Brought to the Emergency Department and Then