transplant
to remove (a plant) from one place and plant it in another.
Surgery. to transfer (an organ, tissue, etc.) from one part of the body to another or from one person or animal to another.
to move from one place to another.
to bring (a family, colony, etc.) from one country, region, etc., to another for settlement; relocate.
to undergo or accept transplanting: to transplant easily.
the act or process of transplanting.
a plant, organ, person, etc., that has been transplanted.
Origin of transplant
1Other words from transplant
- trans·plant·a·ble, adjective
- trans·plan·ta·tion, noun
- trans·plant·er, noun
- re·trans·plant, verb (used with object)
- re·trans·plan·ta·tion, noun
- un·trans·plant·ed, adjective
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How to use transplant in a sentence
One Israeli woman who went abroad for transplantation, and who asked to remain anonymous, shared her story with The Daily Beast.
But as yet no system of transplantation has been seriously set on foot.
To trace their family tree back to transplantation at period of Conquest, played out.
Transplantation in natural magic was a method resorted to for curing diseases by transferring them from one body to another.
The Mysteries of All Nations | James GrantBut it would be better for you to encourage the growth towards realization in your own mind, rather than trust to transplantation.
George Eliot's Life, Vol. III (of 3) | George Eliot
But, young lady, I came here not to deliver a lecture on the transplantation of bones, but to ask you to do something for me.
Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer | Rena I. Halsey
British Dictionary definitions for transplant
(tr) to remove or transfer (esp a plant) from one place to another
(intr) to be capable of being transplanted
surgery to transfer (an organ or tissue) from one part of the body to another or from one person or animal to another during a grafting or transplant operation
surgery
the procedure involved in such a transfer
the organ or tissue transplanted
Derived forms of transplant
- transplantable, adjective
- transplantation, noun
- transplanter, noun
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Scientific definitions for transplant
[ trăns′plănt′ ]
A plant that has been uprooted and replanted.
A surgical procedure in a human or animal in which a body tissue or organ is transferred from a donor to a recipient or from one part of the body to another. Heart, lung, liver, kidney, corneal, and bone-marrow transplants are performed to treat life-threatening illness. Donated tissue must be histocompatible with that of the recipient to prevent immunological rejection. See also graft.
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