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)

Similar
heterotransplantationxenotransplant
OriginEnglish transplantation ← Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos) ← Proto-Hellenic *ksénwos →
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Meanings

nounxenotransplantation (countable and uncountable, plural xenotransplantations)

plural xenotransplantations

  1. countableuncountablemedicineThe 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)

    Synonyms: heterotransplantation

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe 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)

Similar
heterotransplantation

More synonyms by meaning

nouna surgical procedure in which tissue or whole organs are transferred from one species to another species

Similar
xenotransplant
Broader
transplanttransplantationorgan transplant
Also see
heterotransplantationxenoengraftmentxenographyxenotransplant

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Hellenic*ksénwos
  2. Ancient Greekξένϝος (xénwos)
  3. Ancient Greekξένος (xénos)
  4. Englishxeno-
  5. Englishtransplantation
  6. Englishxenotransplantation

From xeno- + transplantation.

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Translations

Arabic زرع الأعضاء
  • زرع الأعضاءtransplantation between species
Basque xenotransplante
  • xenotransplantetransplantation between species
Chinese Mandarin 異種器官移植 /异种器官移植
  • 異種器官移植 /异种器官移植 (yǐzhǒngqìguānyízhí)transplantation between species
Danish xenotransplantation
  • xenotransplantationtransplantation between species
Dutch xenotransplantatie
  • xenotransplantatietransplantation between species
Esperanto ksenotransplantado
  • ksenotransplantadotransplantation between species
Finnish vieraslajisiirto, ksenotransplantaatio
  • vieraslajisiirtotransplantation between species
  • ksenotransplantaatiotransplantation between species
French xénogreffe
  • xénogreffetransplantation between species
German Xenotransplantation
  • Xenotransplantationtransplantation between species
Greek ξενομεταμόσχευση
  • ξενομεταμόσχευση (xenometamóschefsi)transplantation between species
Hebrew השתלה שלא מבן־מינו
  • השתלה שלא מבן־מינוtransplantation between species
Hungarian xenotranszplantáció
  • xenotranszplantációtransplantation between species
Italian xenotrapianto
  • xenotrapiantotransplantation between species
Japanese 異種移植
  • 異種移植 (ishuishoku)transplantation between species
Korean 이종이식
  • 이종이식 (ijong'isik)transplantation between species
Malay xenotransplan
  • xenotransplantransplantation between species
Portuguese xenotransplante
  • xenotransplantetransplantation between species
Russian ксенотранспланта́ция
  • ксенотранспланта́ция (ksenotransplantácija)transplantation between species
Spanish xenotrasplante
  • xenotrasplantetransplantation between species
Swedish xenotransplantation
  • xenotransplantationtransplantation between species
Thai การปลูกถ่ายข้ามสปีชีส์
  • การปลูกถ่ายข้ามสปีชีส์transplantation between species
Turkish zenotransplantasyon, ksenotransplantasyon
  • zenotransplantasyontransplantation between species
  • ksenotransplantasyontransplantation between species
Vietnamese dị ghép
  • dị ghéptransplantation between species
Cite this entry
APA

xenotransplantation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xenotransplantation

MLA

“xenotransplantation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xenotransplantation. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “xenotransplantation,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xenotransplantation.

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