HETEROGRAFT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tissue from an animal of one species used as a temporary graft (as in cases of severe burns) on an individual of another species

Synonyms:

heterograft; xenograft

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("heterograft" is a kind of...):

graft; transplant ((surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient)

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