Xenotransplant (Noun)
Meaning
A surgical procedure in which tissue or whole organs are transfered from one species to another species.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The team of surgeons successfully performed a xenotransplant, transplanting a pig's heart into a human patient in a groundbreaking medical experiment.
- Xenotransplant procedures have raised concerns about the potential transmission of animal viruses to humans.
- The use of immunosuppressive drugs has improved the success rate of xenotransplant surgeries, but more research is needed to overcome the remaining challenges.
- Scientists are exploring the possibility of using xenotransplant to address the shortage of human organs available for transplantation.
- The xenotransplant procedure, which involved transplanting a baboon's liver into a human patient, was hailed as a major medical breakthrough.