xenotransplantation
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- noun
- /ˌzɛnəʊtrænsplæntˈeɪʃən/
- Specialized
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xenotransplantación
- organs for xenotransplantation
- future of xenotransplantation
Examples
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There's a whole area called xenotransplantation in which the idea is that we would take animals.
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Cloning will likely result in the genetic improvement of livestock, the production of animal models to study and treat human diseases, and sources of animal tissues and organs for xenotransplantation to humans.
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The process known as xenotransplantation involves using animal organs for transplantation into human patients.
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Researchers are hopeful that xenotransplantation can significantly alleviate the current shortage of human organs for transplant.
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Many breakthroughs in medicine are focused on xenotransplantation, which aims to safely use animal tissues for human therapies.
Synonyms
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A surgery that moves organs or tissue from an animal into a person
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Tissue from another animal put into a person to help heal severe burns
A piece of animal skin placed on a person with severe burns to protect wounds for a short time
How Experimental
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- Specialized
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- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
xenotransplantation = transplantation (semi-transparent) = xeno + trans + plant + ation
The term is built compositionally on transplantation, with xeno- adding the biomedical sense of 'from another species', but the overall word is still specialized technical vocabulary.
Etymology
Xenotransplantation begins with xeno- meaning 'foreign' and ends with the familiar word transplantation, which comes from transplant meaning 'to move tissue or an organ into someone else'. So it literally means 'transplanting from a foreign species', which is why it refers to moving animal organs or tissue into humans.