Meaning & use
heterograft
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A tissue or organ graft transplanted from a donor of a different species.
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The surgeons used a porcine heterograft to repair the damaged heart valve.
Researchers are studying heterografts as a way to address the shortage of human donor organs.
A note on using this word
Heterograft combines the Greek "heteros" (other/different) with "graft," and is largely synonymous with the more common medical term "xenograft."
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xenograft
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