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xenotransplantation

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 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)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a surgical procedure in which tissue or whole organs are transfered from one species to another species

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: xenotransplant

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 transplantation English xenotransplantation From xeno- + transplantation.

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: زرع الأعضاء — transplantation between species
  • Basque: xenotransplante — transplantation between species
  • Chinese Mandarin: 異種器官移植 /异种器官移植 (yǐzhǒngqìguānyízhí) — transplantation between species
  • Danish: xenotransplantation — transplantation between species
  • Dutch: xenotransplantatie — transplantation between species
  • Esperanto: ksenotransplantado — transplantation between species
  • Finnish: vieraslajisiirto — transplantation between species
  • Finnish: ksenotransplantaatio — transplantation between species
  • French: xénogreffe — transplantation between species
  • German: Xenotransplantation — transplantation between species
  • Greek: ξενομεταμόσχευση (xenometamóschefsi) — transplantation between species
  • Hebrew: השתלה שלא מבן־מינו — transplantation between species
  • Hungarian: xenotranszplantáció — transplantation between species
  • Italian: xenotrapianto — transplantation between species
  • Japanese: 異種移植 (ishuishoku) — transplantation between species
  • Korean: 이종이식 (ijong'isik) — transplantation between species
  • Malay: xenotransplan — transplantation between species
  • Portuguese: xenotransplante — transplantation between species
  • Russian: ксенотранспланта́ция (ksenotransplantácija) — transplantation between species
  • Spanish: xenotrasplante — transplantation between species
  • Swedish: xenotransplantation — transplantation between species
  • Thai: การปลูกถ่ายข้ามสปีชีส์ — transplantation between species
  • Turkish: zenotransplantasyon — transplantation between species
  • Turkish: ksenotransplantasyon — transplantation between species
  • Vietnamese: dị ghép — transplantation between species