graft vs xenograft
xenograft vs graftgraft and xenograft both are nouns.
graft is a verb but xenograft is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| graft | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| xenograft | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
xenograft is a hyponym of
graft; that is, xenograft is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
graft:
- graft: (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient
- xenograft: tissue from an animal of one species used as a temporary graft (as in cases of severe burns) on an individual of another species
| graft (noun) | xenograft (noun) |
|---|---|
| the act of grafting something onto something else | tissue from an animal of one species used as a temporary graft (as in cases of severe burns) on an individual of another species |
| the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage | |
| (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient |
| graft (verb) | xenograft (verb) |
|---|---|
| cause to grow together parts from different plants | |
| place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient |
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