Meanings
plural xenotransplants
- The graft (tissue or organ) transplanted in such an instance: Synonym of xenograft.
present singular third person xenotransplants · participle present xenotransplanting · participle past xenotransplanted · past xenotransplanted
- To carry out xenotransplantation.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn instance of xenotransplantation.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna surgical procedure in which tissue or whole organs are transferred from one species to another species
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Hellenic*ksénwos
- Ancient Greekξένϝος (xénwos)
- Ancient Greekξένος (xénos)
- Englishxeno-
- Englishtransplant
- Englishxenotransplant
From xeno- + transplant.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
xenotransplant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xenotransplant
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