Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heterograft

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: het-ero-graft
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of xenograft.

verb

Synonym of xenograft.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English graft English heterograft From hetero- + graft.

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.

Inflected Forms

heterografts (plural) heterografts (present, singular) heterografting (participle, present) heterografted (participle, past) heterografted (past)

Synonyms

xenograft

Questions

What does heterograft mean?: Synonym of xenograft.
Where does heterograft come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English graft English heterograft From hetero- + graft.

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