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xenotransplantation

noun

NAmE//ˌzɛnəˌtrænsplænˈteɪʃn//

, NAmE//ˌzinəˌtrænsplænˈteɪʃn//

[uncountable] (medical)

the process of taking organs from animals and putting them into humans for medical purposes

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