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xenotransplantation
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xen·o·trans·plan·ta·tion  (zn-trnspln-tshn, zn-)
n.
The surgical transfer of cells, tissues, or especially whole organs from one species to another.

xenotransplantation  (zn-trnspln-tshn, zn-)
The surgical transfer of cells, tissues, or especially whole organs from one species to another.
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Noun1.xenotransplantation - a surgical procedure in which tissue or whole organs are transfered from one species to another species
organ transplant, transplantation, 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"


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The New Zealand government had banned such xenotransplants as too risky in 2001.
 
 
 
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