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—zooplastic, adj./zoh"euh plas'tee/, n. Surg.the transplantation of living tissue to the human body from an animal of another species.Also called zoografting.[ZOO- + -PLASTY]
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zooplasty — noun /ˈzoʊəˌplæsti,ˈzəʊ.ə.ˌplæs.ti,ˈzoʊ.ə.ˌplæs.ti/ the surgical grafting of tissue from an animal to a human; zoografting … Wiktionary
zooplasty — Grafting of tissue from an animal to a human. SYN: zoografting. * * * zoo·plas·ty (zoґo plast″te) [zoo + plasty] zoografting. zooplastic adj … Medical dictionary
zooplasty — n. transplantation of living animal tissues into human beings … English contemporary dictionary
zooplasty — /ˈzoʊəplæsti/ (say zohuhplastee) noun the transplanting of living tissue from a lower animal to the human body. {zoo + plasty} –zooplastic /zoʊəˈplæstɪk/ (say zohuh plastik), adjective …
zooplasty — zooplastic, adj. /zoh euh plas tee/, n. Surg. the transplantation of living tissue to the human body from an animal of another species. Also called zoografting. [ZOO + PLASTY] … Useful english dictionary
zooplastic — See zooplasty. * * * … Universalium
zoografting — /zoh euh graf ting, grahf /, n. zooplasty. [ZOO + GRAFTING] * * * … Universalium
zooplastic — adjective of, or relating to zooplasty … Wiktionary
zoografting — noun zooplasty … Wiktionary
zoografting — SYN: zooplasty. * * * zoo·graft·ing zō ə .graft iŋ n the use of animal tissue in surgical grafting * * * zoo·graft·ing (zoґo graft″ing) xenografting of tissue from a different species into a human … Medical dictionary
