xenotransplant

Other forms: xenotransplants

Definitions of xenotransplant
  1. noun
    a surgical procedure in which tissue or whole organs are transfered from one species to another species
    synonyms: xenotransplantation
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    type of:
    organ transplant, transplant, transplantation
    an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient)
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