xenography

English

Etymology

From xeno- +‎ -graphy.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi

Noun

xenography (uncountable)

1. (medicine) The process of surgically transplanting organs or tissue between different species.

   Synonym: xenotransplantation

   • 2006, Lesley A. Sharp, Strange Harvest: Organ Transplants, Denatured Bodies, and the Transformed Self, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 218:

     As Tanya Ryder explained, for example, “We are all for it, anything that will keep you alive. But we've known about xenography for a long time. There is now a special kind of pig that is being bred for its kidneys.”

2. (linguistics) The ability to write in a language which the individual has not learned.

Related terms

• xenograph
• xenographic