xenograft

American  

[zen-uh-graft, -grahft, zee-nuh-] / ˈzɛn əˌgræft, -ˌgrɑft, ˈzi nə- /

noun

Surgery.

1. a graft obtained from a member of one species and transplanted to a member of another species.

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xenograft British  

/ ˈzɛnəʊˌɡrɑːft /

noun

1. another word for heterograft

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xenograft Scientific  

/ zĕn′ə-grăft′,zē′nə- /

1. A graft in which the donor and recipient are of different species.

2. Compare allograft autograft

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Etymology

Origin of xenograft

First recorded in 1960–65; xeno- + graft ¹

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• allograft vs. xenograft

Example Sentences

They found that the leukemia xenografts predicted to be highly dependent on PI3Kgamma shrank, and the animal models survived longer when treated with eganelisib.

From Science Daily

Food and Drug Administration requires data showing at least one-year survival of xenografts in nonhuman primates before it will approve clinical studies.

From Scientific American

She injected them into zebrafish embryos, creating xenograft models -- an avatar for each specific patient.

From Science Daily

“The next big advance in the field is going to be real transplants,” Burlak says, “not the short-term evaluation of xenografts in dead people.”

From Science Magazine

Melanoma xenografts are unusual in that they engraft and grow fast enough to support the initiation of immunotherapy in patients.

From Nature