adjective

• Relating to or involving tissues or cells belonging to individuals of different species.

  Compare with allogeneic

  ‘The rejection of xenogeneic embryo implants involves a complicated immune and endocrine network.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘However, the immunological barrier to xenogeneic grafts is substantially greater than the barrier to human grafts.’
  • ‘Both chronic VEGFR blockade and xenogeneic EC immunization in rats cause emphysema in rats without apparent damage to other organs.’
  • ‘Intraperitoneal injection of xenogeneic cells resulted in the development of an immune response as tested by ELISA.’
  • ‘Adult athymic rats did not develop emphysema as compared with adjuvant-only injected rats and did not show septal cell apoptosis following xenogeneic EC injection (data not shown).’