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nounxenography (uncountable)
- uncountablemedicineThe process of surgically transplanting organs or tissue between different species.
As Tanya Ryder explained, for example, “We are all for it, anything that will keep you alive. But we've known about xenography for a long time. There is now a special kind of pig that is being bred for its kidneys.”
2006, Lesley A. Sharp, Strange Harvest: Organ Transplants, Denatured Bodies, and the Transformed Self, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 218Synonyms: xenotransplantation
- uncountablehuman sciencesThe ability to write in a language which the individual has not learned.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe process of surgically transplanting organs or tissue between different species.
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xenography. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xenography
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“xenography.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xenography. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “xenography,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xenography.
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