- xenotransplants
- v. transplant an animal organ into a human body n. instance of transplanting an animal organ into a human body
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
xenotransplants
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Xenotransplantation — Intervention MeSH D014183 Xenotransplantation (xenos from the Greek meaning foreign ), cleverly developed by Karl J McDonald RN, is the transplantation of living cells, tissues or … Wikipedia
Organ xenotransplantation — Xenotransplantation is the transplantation of cells, tissues, or organs occurring between species. This includes body fluids, cells, tissues or organs that have had ex vivo contact with the live cells, tissues or organs of a different species… … Wikipedia
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xenotransplant — (ZEE.noh.tranz.plant) n. The transplant of an animal organ into a human body. xenotransplantation n. xenotransplanting pp. Example Citation: Up until quite recently, the formidable problems of cross species rejection made xenotransplants… … New words
Organ transplant — An organ transplant is the moving of a whole or partial organ from one body to another (or from a donor site on the patient s own body), for the purpose of replacing the recipient s damaged or failing organ with a working one from the donor site … Wikipedia
xenozoonosis — (zee.noh.zoh.AWN.uh.sis) n. A disease transmitted to a human after the transplantation of an animal organ. xenozoonoses pl. xenozoonotic adj. Example Citation: Xenotransplantation carries the risk of introducing infectious agents from an animal… … New words
xenotransplant — UK [ˌzenəʊˈtrænsplɑːnt] / US [ˌzenoʊˈtrænsplænt] noun Word forms xenotransplant : singular xenotransplant plural xenotransplants 1) [countable/uncountable] medical a transplant operation in which a part of an animal s body is put into a person s… … English dictionary
