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xenography

xenography noun: the process of surgically transplanting organs or tissue between different species.

Noun

xenography (uncountable)

  1. The process of surgically transplanting organs or tissue between different species.
    • As Tanya Ryder explained, for example, “We are all for it, anything that will keep you alive. But we've known about xenography for a long time. There is now a special kind of pig that is being bred for its kidneys.”2006, Lesley A. Sharp, Strange Harvest: Organ Transplants, Denatured Bodies, and the Transformed Self, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 218
  2. The ability to write in a language which the individual has not learned.

Synonyms of xenography

Origin of xenography

From xeno- + -graphy.

Words that rhyme with xenography

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Questions about xenography

What does xenography mean?
Xenography means the process of surgically transplanting organs or tissue between different species.
What part of speech is xenography?
Xenography is a noun.

Words near xenography in the dictionary

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

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