What does "xenograft" mean?

A tissue graft taken from a species different from that of the recipient.

How do you pronounce "xenograft"?

Pronounced //ˈzɛnəʊɡɹæft//.

Common synonyms include: heterograft, graft, human tumor graft, interspecies graft, transplant, tumor graft.

/ˈzɛnəʊɡɹæft/ noun, verb

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Noun

1
A tissue graft taken from a species different from that of the recipient.
"Likewise the survival of xenografts of rat megaislets transplanted into miceis extended by these special pretransplant culture conditions."
2
tissue from an animal of one species used as a temporary graft (as in cases of severe burns) on an individual of another species wordnet

Verb

1
To perform a tissue graft using tissue taken from a species different from that of the recipient.

"Likewise the survival of xenografts of rat megaislets transplanted into miceis extended by these special pretransplant culture conditions."

From xeno- + graft.