xenograft
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xenograft (plural xenografts)
- A tissue graft taken from a species different from that of the recipient.
- Synonym: heterograft
- 1982, D. Faustman, P. E. Lacy, J. M. Davie, “Transplantation without immunosuppression”, in Diabetes, :
- Likewise the survival of xenografts of rat megaislets transplanted into miceis extended by these special pretransplant culture conditions.
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A tissue graft taken from a species different from that of the recipient
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xenograft (third-person singular simple present xenografts, present participle xenografting, simple past and past participle xenografted)
- To perform a tissue graft using tissue taken from a species different from that of the recipient.
- Synonym: heterograft