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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 speciesplay

  Familiarity information: HETEROGRAFT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HETEROGRAFT (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

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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