homotransplantation Med. and Biol.
(ˌhɒməʊtrɑːnsplɑːnˈteɪʃən, -træns-, -plænt-)
[f. homo- + transplantation.]
The operation of transplanting tissue from one individual to another of the same species.
| 1905 A. Carrel in Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 25 Nov. 1645/2 If the organ is replaced in the same animal from which it was removed, the operation is called an autotransplantation. If it is placed in another animal of the same species it is called a homotransplantation, while if it is placed in an animal of a different species, the operation is called a heterotransplantation. 1915 Ibid. 4 Dec. 1966/2 Homotransplantations between related and non⁓related rabbits. 1917 Ann. Surg. LXV. 702 Autotransplantation and homotransplantation of segments of veins and arteries are perfectly feasible. 1953 Brit. Jrnl. Surgery XL. 447/1 It is in the chronic group of cases that homotransplantation of kidneys would be necessarily first applied. 1971 Nature 22 Jan. 270/1 Minced skeletal muscle regenerates with autotransplantation and homotransplantation in the rat, and with heterotransplantation in the mouse. |