▪ I. homœotransplant, n. Med. and Biol.
(hɒmiːəʊˈtrɑːnsplɑːnt, -træns-, -plænt)
Usu. homoio-; also homeo-.
[f. homœo- + transplant n.]
= homotransplant n.
| 1914 Jrnl. Med. Res. XXX. 115 A second piece [of the thyroid] was placed into the left ear of the second or control animal as a homeo-transplant. 1930 Physiol. Rev. X. 551 Regenerative processes are, as a rule, more extensive in autotransplants than in homoiotransplants. 1952 Jrnl. Nat. Cancer Inst. XIV. 692 Tumor homoiotransplants, i.e. tumors transplanted within the species but outside the strain of origin, fail to grow, or grow temporarily and then regress. |
▪ II. homœotransplant, v. Med. and Biol.
(ˌhɒmiːəʊtrɑːnsˈplɑːnt, -træns-, -plænt)
Usu homoio-; also homeo-.
[f. prec. n.]
trans. = homotransplant v.
| 1926 Amer. Jrnl. Path. II. 117 Bone and bone marrow adjoining the xiphoid cartilage were homoiotransplanted together with the cartilage. 1930 Physiol. Rev. X. 561 Tumours differ from normal tissues in that they can be homoiotransplanted as well as autotransplanted. |
So homœotransˈplanted ppl. a.; also ˌhomœotransplantaˈbility.
| 1915 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 27 Feb. 727/2 In the homoiotransplanted tissue the fibroblasts very soon form dense fibrous material. 1930 Physiol. Rev. X. 551 Directly around the homoiotransplanted cartilage there forms..a thick layer of fibrous tissue. 1954 Cancer Res. XIV. 1 (heading) The cytotoxicity of serum for mouse mammary cancer cells. I. The effects of admixture in vivo upon homoiotransplantability. |