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treatment > surgery > xenograft

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xenograft  

Definition

  • Xenotransplantation (xenos- from the Greek meaning "foreign" or strange), or heterologous transplant, is the transplantation of living cells, tissues or organs from one species to another. Such cells, tissues or organs are called xenografts or xenotransplants.

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/INS-LX80ZQTP-X

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