Definitions for xenotransplantation

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

xen•o•trans•plantˈzɛn əˌtræns plænt, -plɑnt, ˈzi nə-(n.)

  1. Category: Surgery

  2. xenograft.

xen`o•trans`plan•ta′tion

Princeton's WordNet

  1. xenotransplant, xenotransplantation(noun)

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

Wiktionary

  1. xenotransplantation(Noun)

    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)


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