variant character form; allogeneic; heterologous
Meanings
2 senses · 7 examplesnoun
variant form (of a Chinese character); different graphic shape
technicalIn paleography and lexicography, refers to different written forms of the same morpheme or word, such as 峰 vs 峯 or 群 vs 羣.
Feng (峯) is a variant form of feng (峰).
This dictionary includes many variant character forms.
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Standardizing variant characters helps normalize Chinese writing.
adjective
allogeneic; heterologous; belonging to a different individual or body
technicalIn medicine and biology, describes tissues, organs, or grafts transplanted from a different individual (allogeneic) or different species (xenogeneic). Also used in zoology to describe species where sexes are separate (gonochorism).
This is a case of allogeneic bone marrow transplantation surgery.
Allogeneic organ transplantation faces the risk of rejection.
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Humans are gonochoric animals (species with separate sexes).
Allograft bone materials are commonly used in orthopedic surgery.