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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A type of tissue graft in which the donor and recipient are of different species.
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- noun A
tissue graft taken from aspecies different from that of therecipient . - verb To perform a
tissue graft using tissue taken from aspecies different from that of the recipient.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun tissue from an animal of one species used as a temporary graft (as in cases of severe burns) on an individual of another species
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