heterograft

[ het-er-uh-graft, -grahft ]

noun

, Surgery.

1. xenograft.

heterograft

/ ˈhɛtərəʊˌɡrɑːft /

noun

1. a tissue graft obtained from a donor of a different species from the recipient

Word History and Origins

Origin of heterograft¹

First recorded in 1905–10; hetero- + graft ¹