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xenotransplantation

/ˌzenəʊˌtrænsplɑːnˈteɪʃn/noun

उच्चारण ज़ेनोट्रैन्स्प्लान्टेशन

पर-जातीय अंग प्रत्यारोपण, ज़ेनोट्रांसप्लांटेशन

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    [U] medical

    the process of moving living cells, tissues or organs from an animal of one species into another, especially from animals such as pigs into humans

    पर-जातीय अंग प्रत्यारोपण, ज़ेनोट्रांसप्लांटेशन

    • Xenotransplantation could one day solve the shortage of human organs for transplant.
    • research into xenotransplantation
    • Xenotransplantation has raised ethical questions among scientists.
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    • Some hospitals are testing xenotransplantation using pig kidneys.
    • Xenotransplantation is a topic discussed in biology courses.
◇Word family
xenotransplant noun
§Grammar and usage

Xeno- begins with a /z/ sound.

Xeno- की शुरुआत /z/ ध्वनि से होती है।

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General knowledge

In January 2022, doctors in the United States transplanted a genetically modified pig's heart into a living human patient for the first time.

GK के अनुसार जनवरी 2022 में अमेरिका के डॉक्टरों ने पहली बार genetically modified सूअर का हृदय एक जीवित मनुष्य में प्रत्यारोपित किया।