xenotransplantationn.
/ˌzɛnə(ʊ)transplɑːnˈteɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌzinətræn(t)sˌplænˈteɪʃən/; ; see also transplantation n. Biology and Medicine.
The transplantation of organs, tissues, or cells from one species to another (in later quots., esp. to humans). Cf. heterotransplantation n.
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heteroplasty1844
transplanting1889
transplant1900
heterotransplantation1905
homotransplantation1905
isografting1909
homoplasty1912
homoeotransplantation1913
homografting1923
heterografting1927
homoeoplasty1929
isoplasty1929
homoeografting1930
heterotransplantability1943
homoeotransplantability1954
homotransplantability1957
isotransplantation1962
xenotransplantation1969
1969 Nature 7 June 997/1 (title) Xenotransplantation of a Burkitt lymphoma culture line with surface immunoglobulin specificity.
1985 People (Nexis) 11 Feb. 4 Teresa has contributed $3,000 to be used in our continuing research on cardiac xenotransplantation in newborns.
1997 Sunday Times 29 June (Mag.) 21/3 Some transplant surgeons point to..the happy fact that he was not infected with a new, unknown, baboon virus, as an example of why xenotransplantation should go ahead.
2001 Brit. Med. Jrnl. (Electronic ed.) 3 Mar. [He] said that the climate for xenotransplantation was not optimal, given concerns about bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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