allotransplant
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Related to allotransplants: allogeneic, Allografts
al·lo·trans·plant
(ăl′ō-trăns′plănt′)n.
1. A transplant of an organ or tissue between genetically different individuals of the same species.
2. The organ or tissue transplanted in such a procedure; an allograft.
al′lo·trans′plant′ v.
al′lo·trans′plan·ta′tion (-plăn-tā′shən) n.
al•lo•graft
(ˈæl əˌgræft, -ˌgrɑft)n.
a tissue or organ obtained from one member of a species and grafted to a genetically dissimilar member of the same species. Also called homograft.
[1960–65]