noun
- a graft of tissue taken from a donor of a different species than the recipient
Usage: medical; biology
Examples
- The surgeon attempted a heterograft using pig tissue to replace the damaged heart valve.
- Heterografts from animals to humans face significant rejection challenges.
- Research into heterograft compatibility continues to advance transplant medicine.
- The patient’s body rejected the heterograft within weeks of the procedure.
- Scientists are developing new methods to improve heterograft survival rates.
- A heterograft may be considered when human donor tissue is unavailable.