xenograft
noun
xe·no·graft
ˈze-nə-ˌgraft 
ˈzē-
ˈzē-
: a graft of tissue taken from a donor of one species and grafted into a recipient of another species
called also heterograft
compare homograftExamples of xenograft in a Sentence
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In the 1990s survival of xenografts transplanted from pigs to primates could be measured in hours or days.
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xenograft
noun
xe·no·graft
ˈzen-ə-ˌgraft
ˈzēn-
ˈzēn-
: a graft of tissue taken from a donor of one species and grafted into a recipient of another species
called also heterograft, heterotransplant, xenotransplant
compare homograft
xenograft
transitive verb
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