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HETEROGRAFT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does heterograft mean?
• HETEROGRAFT (noun)
The noun HETEROGRAFT has 1 sense:
1. tissue from an animal of one species used as a temporary graft (as in cases of severe burns) on an individual of another species
Familiarity information: HETEROGRAFT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
heterograft; xenograft
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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