different between homograft vs homostatic

English

homo- +? graft

homograft (plural homografts)

homo- +? static

homostatic (not comparable)

Describing 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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