Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun xenotransplantation

1 sense of xenotransplantation

Sense 1
xenotransplant, xenotransplantation -- (a surgical procedure in which tissue or whole organs are transfered from one species to another species)
       => transplant, transplantation, organ transplant -- (an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient); "he had a kidney transplant"; "the long-term results of cardiac transplantation are now excellent"; "a child had a multiple organ transplant two months ago")