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xenographic

xenographic adjective: of or pertaining to xenography (surgical transplantation between species).

Adjective

xenographic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to xenography (surgical transplantation between species).
    • The preliminary conclusion was that the SARS virus crossed the xenographic barrier from palm civet to humans.
  2. Of or pertaining to xenography (writing in a language one has not learned).
    • Xenographic abecedaria are written by ‘non-native writers’ and they are conserved in manuscripts using a script different from that of the abecedarium.1999, Roland Marti, Abecedaria — a Key to the Original Slavic Alphabet: The Contribution of the Abecedarium Sinaiticum Glagoliticum

Origin of xenographic

From xenography + -ic.

Questions about xenographic

What does xenographic mean?
Xenographic means of or pertaining to xenography (surgical transplantation between species).
What part of speech is xenographic?
Xenographic is an adjective.

Words near xenographic in the dictionary

  1. xenograft
  2. xenografted
  3. xenografting
  4. xenografts
  5. xenograph
  6. xenographic
  7. xenographs
  8. xenography
  9. xenoheart
  10. xenohearts
  11. xenohepatocyte

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