Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [het-er-uh-graft, -grahft]
- /ˈhɛt ər əˌgræft, -ˌgrɑft/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [het-er-uh-graft, -grahft]
- /ˈhɛt ər əˌgræft, -ˌgrɑft/
Definitions of heterograft word
- noun heterograft xenograft. 1
- noun heterograft A tissue graft taken from a species different from that of the recipient. 1
- noun heterograft a tissue graft obtained from a donor of a different species from the recipient 0
- noun heterograft xenograft 0
- verb heterograft To perform a tissue graft using tissue taken from a species different from that of the recipient. 0
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Origin of heterograft
First appearance:
before 1905 One of the 15% newest English words
First recorded in 1905-10; hetero- + graft1
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Heterograft
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
heterograft popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 62% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
heterograft usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerTop questions with heterograft
- what is a heterograft?
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