transplant
verb (used with object)
to remove (a plant) from one place and plant it in another.
had transplanted
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past perfectof transplant.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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I was told the next morning that my kidney had transplanted well, the recipient was urinating successfully and all the numbers that represent good kidney function were looking as they should.
From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2023
An NYU team also had transplanted pig hearts into donated bodies for three days of intense testing.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 16, 2023
It was performed by Bartley Griffith, who had transplanted pig hearts into about 50 baboons over five years before offering the option to Bennett.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 10, 2022
I once asked him if he had transplanted the sod from the old green to the new one, and he told me he hadn’t.
From Golf Digest ● May 8, 2020
Many of their cell lines tested positive, including the skin cells George Hyatt had transplanted onto a soldier’s arm years earlier.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
