| inert | not moving |
| intestine | a long tube through which food trravels from the stomach |
| moist | wet |
| to retain | to keep sth |
| proliferation | a very quick increase in the number |
| graft | a piece of skin/bone etc. cut from one part of a body and joined to another part |
| malfunction | failure |
| donor | a person who gives a part of his body to a graft |
| recipient | a person who receives a graft |
| to tailor | to fit |
| viral | caused by a virus |
| diffusion | the process of spreading into a surrounding substance |