xenotransplant

Definition of Xenotransplant in English :

1. xenotransplant, xenotransplantation

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Xenotransplant

noun

surgery

an operation in which an organ or tissue is transferred from one animal to another of a different species

1. A transplant of tissue or an organ from an individual of one species to an individual of a different species.

2. The organ or tissue transplanted in such a procedure; a xenograft.

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