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

Related forms

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

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Examples from the Web for transplant

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
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
Meanwhile, Clinton leads all comers in Arkansas, her old home state, except for ex-governor and Florida transplant Mike Huckabee.
Memo to the 2016 GOP: Winning Your Home State Matters|Lloyd Green|May 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And yet, some transplant recipients swear that a literal change of heart precipitates a metaphorical one.
Will Dick Cheney’s New Heart Change His Personality?|Alizah Salario|March 27, 2012|DAILY BEAST

My argument is that now they can eat it, because [before the transplant], they were so limited in their sodium consumption.
Will Dick Cheney’s New Heart Change His Personality?|Alizah Salario|March 27, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The best method is to drop a few seeds where the plants are to grow; or to rake in a few seeds sown broadcast, and transplant.
The Field and Garden Vegetables of America|Fearing Burr
Seldom found in nurseries, and rather hard to transplant; collected plants do fairly well.
Handbook of the Trees of New England|Lorin Low Dame
As background we had the results of three previous attempts to transplant wolves to new areas.
An Experimental Translocation of the Eastern Timber Wolf|Thomas F. Weise
Thereafter it is customary to transplant the young trees at least once again during damp weather.
The School Book of Forestry|Charles Lathrop Pack
They are very hardy, germinate readily in the seed-bed, are easy to transplant and need but little care.
A Woman's Hardy Garden|Helena Rutherfurd Ely

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 Formstransplantable, adjectivetransplantation, nountransplanter, noun

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Word Origin and History for transplant

transplant

mid-15c., from Late Latin transplantare "plant again in a different place," from Latin trans- "across" (see trans-) + plantare "to plant" (see plant (v.)). Extended to people (1550s) and then to organs or tissue (1786). Related: Transplanted; transplanting.

transplant

1756, in reference to plants, from transplant (v.); in reference to surgical transplanting of human organs or tissue it is first recorded 1951, but not in widespread use until Christiaan Barnard performed the world's first successful heart transplant in 1967 at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa. Meaning "person not native to his place of residence" is recorded from 1961.

Medicine definitions for transplant

transplant

[ trăns-plănt′ ]

v.

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

n.

The act or process of transplanting.

The tissue or organ so used.

Science 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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