heterotransplantation

noun

Synonym of xenotransplantation

Scrabble 26

Meanings

nounheterotransplantation (countable and uncountable, plural heterotransplantations)

plural heterotransplantations

  1. countableuncountableSynonym of xenotransplantation

    Synonyms: xenotransplantation

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of xenotransplantation

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sḿ̥teros
  3. Proto-Hellenic*hə́teros
  4. Ancient Greekἕτερος (héteros)
  5. Englishhetero-
  6. Englishtransplantation
  7. Englishheterotransplantation

From hetero- + transplantation.

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