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xenotransplant

 noun
     
xen‧o‧trans‧plant
1 [uncountable and countable] the operation of putting an organ from an animal into a person's body:
Doctors in Mississippi performed the world's first heart xenotransplant.
2 [countable] the organ that is moved in a xenotransplant operation
—xenotransplant verb [transitive]
—xenotransplantation noun [uncountable]
health risks related to xenotransplantation
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