noun
- Surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient.
- synonyms: graft
- An operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient. )
- usage: "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"
- synonyms: transplantation, organ transplant
- The act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location.
- usage: "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"
- synonyms: transplantation, transplanting
verb
- Lift and reset in another soil or situation.
- usage: "Transplant the young rice plants"
- synonyms: transfer
- Be transplantable.
- usage: "These delicate plants do not transplant easily"
- Place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient.
- synonyms: graft
- Transfer from one place or period to another.
- usage: "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America"
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