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,
  • (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
    organ transplant, transplantation,
  • (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
    transplanting, transplantation,

Verbs

  • (v) lift and reset in another soil or situation
    • Transplant the young rice plants
    transfer,
  • (v) be transplantable
    • These delicate plants do not transplant easily
  • (v) place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient graft,
  • (v) transfer from one place or period to another
    • The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America
    transpose, transfer,

Synonyms

graft transfer organ transplant transplantation transplanting transpose

Words of close approximity

transplantable transplantation transplanter transplanting