<surgery> The replacement during surgery of a damaged organ or damaged tissue in an individual by an allograft - a donor organ or tissue from a genetically dissimilar member of the same species. ... Synonym: homoplastic graft. ... (09 Oct 1997) ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20973
(ho´mo-plas″te) allogeneic transplantation. similarity between organs or their parts not due to common ancestry. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001