Category: X
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Xeroderma
Excessive dryness of the skin due to a slight increase of the horny layer and diminished cutaneous secretion. Excessive dryness of the skin. A skin disorder where dry scales form on the skin. Abnormal dryness and roughness of the skin; also called xerodermia. A mild form of the hereditary disorder ‘ichthyosis, in which the skin…
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Xenogenic graft
Placement of a tissue obtained from an animal species over, or into, an affected area of another species. Also known as a heterologous graft.
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Xenograft
A surgical graft of tissue from one species to an unlike species. The cells of one species transplanted to another species. Tissue graft from one species to an unrelated species. Heterogeneous graft. Grafting material harvested from different species from that of the recipient. Tissue taken from an individual of one species and grafted on an…