noun
Meaning 1
An instance of xenotransplantation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Near-synonym: xenoengraftment
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: xenoengraftment
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
xenotransplant
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
No pronunciation record was provided for this word.
noun
Meaning 2
The graft (tissue or organ) transplanted in such an instance: Synonym of xenograft.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To carry out xenotransplantation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
a surgical procedure in which tissue or whole organs are transfered from one species to another species
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: xenotransplantation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: transplant, transplantation, organ transplant
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *ksénwos Ancient Greek ξένϝος (xénwos) Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos)der. English xeno- English transplant English xenotransplant From xeno- + transplant.