xenotransplantation

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Etymology[edit]

From xeno- +‎ transplantation.

Noun[edit]

xenotransplantation (countable and uncountable, plural xenotransplantations)

  1. The transplantation of biological or organic matter from a given species into a different one, especially when this matter has been altered (such as by genetic engineering)
    • 2022 March 12, James Gallagher, “Xenotransplantation: Are pigs the future of organ transplants?”, in Inside Health[1], BBC, retrieved 2022-03-12:

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