Definition of xenogeneic in English:
xenogeneic
adjective ˌzɛnə(ʊ)dʒɪˈniːɪkˌzɛnə(ʊ)dʒɪˈneɪɪkˌzenōjəˈnē-ik
Medicine Relating to or involving tissues or cells belonging to individuals of different species.
Compare with allogeneic
Example sentencesExamples
- Intraperitoneal injection of xenogeneic cells resulted in the development of an immune response as tested by ELISA.
- The rejection of xenogeneic embryo implants involves a complicated immune and endocrine network.
- However, the immunological barrier to xenogeneic grafts is substantially greater than the barrier to human grafts.
- Adult athymic rats did not develop emphysema as compared with adjuvant-only injected rats and did not show septal cell apoptosis following xenogeneic EC injection (data not shown).
- Both chronic VEGFR blockade and xenogeneic EC immunization in rats cause emphysema in rats without apparent damage to other organs.