xenograft

[ zen-uh-graft, -grahft, zee-nuh- ]

noun

, Surgery.

1. a graft obtained from a member of one species and transplanted to a member of another species.

xenograft

/ ˈzɛnəʊˌɡrɑːft /

noun

1. another word for heterograft

xenograft

/ zĕn′ə-grăft′,zē′nə- /

1. A graft in which the donor and recipient are of different species.
2. Compare allograft

Word History and Origins

Origin of xenograft¹

First recorded in 1960–65; xeno- + graft ¹

Example Sentences

They found that the leukemia xenografts predicted to be highly dependent on PI3Kgamma shrank, and the animal models survived longer when treated with eganelisib.

From Science Daily

Prior to the study, xenografts usually survived in nonhuman primates for around three months or less.

From Scientific American

She injected them into zebrafish embryos, creating xenograft models -- an avatar for each specific patient.

From Science Daily

“The next big advance in the field is going to be real transplants,” Burlak says, “not the short-term evaluation of xenografts in dead people.”

From Science Magazine

Melanoma xenografts are unusual in that they engraft and grow fast enough to support the initiation of immunotherapy in patients.

From Nature