allotransplantationn.
/ˌalə(ʊ)ˌtrɑːnsplɑːnˈteɪʃn/, /ˌalə(ʊ)ˌtransplɑːnˈteɪʃn/, /ˌalə(ʊ)ˌtransplanˈteɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌæloʊˌtræn(t)sˌplænˈteɪʃən/ Biology and Medicine.
The transplantation of organs, tissue, or cells from a genetically distinct individual of the same species. Cf. homotransplantation n.
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1962 tr. V. Chorváth & R. Moravec in Bratislavské Lékarské Listy 42 211 Thrombendarteriectomy of the carotid artery, of peripheral arteries and experiences with alotransplantations [sic].
1964 New Eng. Jrnl. Med. 3 Sept. 507/2 Antibody production is probably an almost invariable consequence of the allotransplantation of skin or other normal tissues.
1988 A. M. Silverstein Hist. Immunol. xi. 278 The ophthalmologists..continued with their moderately successful practice of corneal allotransplantation.
2006 Philos. Now Feb. 5/3 The patient received a graft of a triangle formed by the nose and mouth of a donor, using a technique known as composite tissue allotransplantation.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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