transplant
Nouns
- (n) (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient graft,
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(n) an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient)
- he had a kidney transplant
- the long-term results of cardiac transplantation are now excellent
- a child had a multiple organ transplant two months ago
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(n) the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location
- the transplant did not flower until the second year
- too frequent transplanting is not good for families
- she returned to Alabama because she could not bear transplantation
Verbs
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(v) lift and reset in another soil or situation
- Transplant the young rice plants
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(v) be transplantable
- These delicate plants do not transplant easily
- (v) place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient graft,
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(v) transfer from one place or period to another
- The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America