Definitions:

1. A medical procedure in which an organ, tissue, or cells from one species are transplanted into a different species. NOUN
   • The scientists conducted a xenotransplant of a pig heart into a human patient to study its viability and immune response.
2. Area of interest in medicine as a potential solution to organ shortages. NOUN
   • Mecial researchers are exploring xenotransplants to help alleviate the shortage of human organs for transplant.

Synonyms:

• allien graft
• cross-species graft
• heterograft
• heterotransplantation
• xenograft
• xenotransplantation

NearBy Words:

• xenotransplantation