| 释义 |
xenotransplantation, n. Biol. and Med.
Brit. |ˌzɛnə(ʊ)transplɑːnˈteɪʃn|, U.S. |ˌzinətræn(t)sˌplænˈteɪʃən|[; see also transplantation n.]
[‹ xeno- comb. form + transplantation n., after xenotransplant n.]
The transplantation of organs, tissues, or cells from one species to another (in later quots., esp. to humans). Cf. heterotransplantation n.
1969Nature 7 June 997/1 (title) Xenotransplantation of a Burkitt lymphoma culture line with surface immunoglobulin specificity. 1985People (Nexis) 11 Feb. 4 Teresa has contributed $3,000 to be used in our continuing research on cardiac xenotransplantation in newborns. 1997Sunday Times 29 June (Mag.) 21/3 Some transplant surgeons point to..the happy fact that he was not infected with a new, unknown, baboon virus, as an example of why xenotransplantation should go ahead. 2001Brit. Med. Jrnl. (Electronic ed.) 3 Mar. [He] said that the climate for xenotransplantation was not optimal, given concerns about bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). |