Xeno- (prefix)
Xenoantigen — An antigen that is found in more than one species.
Xenograft — A surgical graft of tissue from one species an unlike species, genus or family.
Xenotransplantation — Transplantation from one species to a foreign one, e.g., the heart transplant from a baboon to Baby Fae in 1984 in Loma Linda, California.
Xenotropic virus — A virus that can grow in the cells of a species foreign to the normal host species.
The origin of “xeno-” is from the Late Latin, from Greek, from “xenos” meaning stranger, guest, or host. Xeno- and xen- are variant forms of the same prefix.
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- Xenoantigen
An antigen that is found in more than one species. An antigen is something that is capable of inducing an immune response. The prefix “xeno-” means foreign or other. It comes from the Greek “xenos” meaning stranger, guest, or host.
- Xenobiotic
Natural substances that are foreign to the body.
- Xenograft
A surgical graft of tissue from one species to an unlike species (or genus or family). A graft from a baboon to a human is a xenograft. The prefix “xeno-” means foreign. It comes from the Greek word “xenos” meaning stranger, guest, or host. (Xeno- and xen- are variant forms of the same prefix.)
- Xenotransplantation
Transplantation from one species to another (for example, from a baboon to a human).
- Xenotropic virus
A virus that can grow in the cells of a species foreign to the normal host species, a species different from that which normally hosts it. Xeno- means foreign while -tropic refers to growth. So xeno- + -tropic = capable of growing in a foreign environment.