transplant

[ verb trans-plant, -plahnt; noun trans-plant, -plahnt ]

/ verb trænsˈplænt, -ˈplɑnt; noun ˈtrænsˌplænt, -ˌplɑnt /

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verb (used with object)

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.

verb (used without object)

to undergo or accept transplanting: to transplant easily.

noun

the act or process of transplanting.

a plant, organ, person, etc., that has been transplanted.

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Origin of transplant

1400–50; late Middle English <Late Latin trānsplantāre, equivalent to Latin trāns-trans- + plantāre to plant

OTHER WORDS FROM transplant

trans·plant·a·ble, adjectivetrans·plan·ta·tion, nountrans·plant·er, nounre·trans·plant, verb (used with object)

re·trans·plan·ta·tion, nounun·trans·plant·ed, adjective

Words nearby transplant

transpiration, transpire, transpired, transplacental, transplanetary, transplant, transplantation, transplantation antigen, transplantee, trans+, transpolar

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How to use transplant in a sentence

One common example is a person who receives an organ transplant.
How do you build a centaur?|Bethany Brookshire|February 10, 2021|Science News For Students
Cold frames are great for starting seedlings a few weeks early and having transplants ready in April when you need them.
Fresh vegetables in the middle of winter? It’s possible, even in colder climes.|Adrian Higgins|January 20, 2021|Washington Post
Northwestern had determined, again, that her son would not survive a transplant.
Covid-19 destroyed a young man’s lungs. Can his foster mom let him go?|Steve Thompson|January 19, 2021|Washington Post
His father got a successful heart transplant last year, and as a college freshman, Sy is majoring in communications.
A high school student needed help with tuition, so an unlikely group stepped up: Prison inmates|Kellie B. Gormly|January 1, 2021|Washington Post

Despite all of the research on racial disparities in transplants, the government has been slow to implement reforms.
For Years, JaMarcus Crews Tried to Get a New Kidney, but Corporate Healthcare Stood in the Way|by Lizzie Presser|December 15, 2020|ProPublica
Voters easily chose Booker over his Republican opponent, recent Garden State transplant and one-time conservative hero Jeff Bell.
Cory Booker Wins Big in New Jersey|Olivia Nuzzi|November 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We spoke with the mother of two and recent California transplant about fusing charitable work with a hectic career.
Q&A With Designer Rachel Roy|Cynthia Allum|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Indeed, the body would ultimately have rejected the organ transplant.
Jon Stewart and 'Meet The Press' Would Have Been One Unhappy Marriage|Lloyd Grove|October 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I was kept in handcuffs for the whole time I was in hospital for the transplant—28 days and 28 nights—which is ludicrous.
'Lord Fraud' Gets Out of Jail, Back Into Orgies|Tom Sykes|August 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Richard got a face transplant, a new life, and a new set of burdens too strange to predict.
The Daily Beast’s Best Longreads, Aug 3, 2014|The Daily Beast|August 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Great seed beds are made on the plantations where the plants are grown until ready to transplant in the tobacco ground.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
As soon as four or five leaves on a plant about the size of a dollar have appeared, they are large enough to transplant.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
It is impossible to transplant the whole of the system of one country into another.
Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808|Lt-Col. Pinkney
He filled one end with every delicate, lacy vine and fern he could transplant successfully.
Freckles|Gene Stratton-Porter
That is to say, some other crop is maturing on the land while the rice plants are growing large enough to transplant.
Where Half The World Is Waking Up|Clarence Poe

British Dictionary definitions for transplant

transplant

verb (trænsˈplɑːnt)

(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

noun (ˈtrænsˌplɑːnt)

surgery

the procedure involved in such a transfer
the organ or tissue transplanted

Derived forms of transplant

transplantable, adjectivetransplantation, nountransplanter, noun

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Medical definitions for transplant

transplant

[ trăns-plănt′ ]

To transfer a tissue or an organ from one body or body part to another.

The act or process of transplanting.

The tissue or organ so used.

Scientific definitions for transplant

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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