NOUN
- tissue from an animal of one species used as a temporary graft (as in cases of severe burns) on an individual of another species
How To Use heterograft In A Sentence
- With heterografts, the intense cellular infiltration and rapid breakdown of structures was noted.
- These results suggest that decellularized heterografts may have some regenerative capacity and thus potentially greater durability than conventional cryopreserved homografts.
- A stentless heterograft should be selected one size larger than the size of the left ventricular outflow tract.
- A fibrin clot may also be used to hold the substantially non-immunogenic articular cartilage heterograft in place.
- Fortunately, the risk of a re-operation for a heterograft, particularly a first re-operation, has been extremely low in experienced hands so we're not reluctant to do that.
