Xenographic

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to xenography (surgical transplantation between species). not-comparable

    "The preliminary conclusion was that the SARS virus crossed the xenographic barrier from palm civet to humans."

  2. 2
    Of or pertaining to xenography (writing in a language one has not learned). not-comparable

    "Xenographic abecedaria are written by ‘non-native writers’ and they are conserved in manuscripts using a script different from that of the abecedarium."

Example

More examples

"The preliminary conclusion was that the SARS virus crossed the xenographic barrier from palm civet to humans."

Etymology

From xenography + -ic.

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