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Transplant vs Xenography - What's the difference?

transplant | xenography |

As nouns the difference between transplant and xenography

is that transplant is an act of uprooting and moving (something) while xenography is the process of surgically transplanting organs or tissue between different species.

As a verb transplant

is to uproot (a growing plant), and plant it in another place.

transplant

English

Verb

(transplanting) (en verb)
  • To uproot (a growing plant), and plant it in another place.
  • To remove (something) and establish its residence in another place; to resettle or relocate.
  • (medicine) To transfer (tissue or an organ) from one body to another, or from one part of a body to another.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of uprooting and moving (something).
  • Anything that is transplanted.
  • (medicine) An operation in which tissue or an organ is transplanted.
  • (medicine) A transplanted organ or tissue.
  • (US) Someone who is not native to their area of residence.
  • * 2012 , Lauren Collins, The New Yorker , 29 Oct 2012:
  • The Seigneur summoned the island's doctor, a young transplant from London named Peter Counsell, who determined that Mrs. Beaumont had suffered a stroke.

    xenography

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The process of surgically transplanting organs or tissue between different species.
  • The ability to write in a language which the individual has not learned.
  • Quotations

    *2006 Strange Harvest: Organ Transplants, Denatured Bodies, and the Transformed Self by Lesley Alexandra Sharp (page 218) [http://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&q=%22but%20we've%20known%20about%20xenography%20for%20a%20long%20time%22] *:but we've known about xenography for a long time. There is now a special kind of pig that is being bred for its kidneys.