transplant

[trans-plant, -plahnt, trans-plant, -plahnt]

verb (used with object)

1. to remove (a plant) from one place and plant it in another.

2. Surgery.,  to transfer (an organ, tissue, etc.) from one part of the body to another or from one person or animal to another.

3. to move from one place to another.

4. to bring (a family, colony, etc.) from one country, region, etc., to another for settlement; relocate.

verb (used without object)

1. to undergo or accept transplanting.

   to transplant easily.

noun

1. the act or process of transplanting.

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

transplant

verb

1. (tr) to remove or transfer (esp a plant) from one place to another

2. (intr) to be capable of being transplanted

3. 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

1. surgery

   1. the procedure involved in such a transfer

   2. the organ or tissue transplanted

transplant

1. A plant that has been uprooted and replanted.

2. 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.

3. See also graft

Other Word Forms

• transplantable adjective
• transplantation noun
• transplanter noun
• retransplant verb (used with object)
• retransplantation noun
• untransplanted adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of transplant¹

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

Example Sentences

"I'm undergoing dialysis as we look for a kidney transplant," Mangold said.

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The team also evaluated 1,334 patients who were immunocompromised due to solid organ transplants.

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The advertising executive and Ohio transplant was active in Democratic and feminist circles, co-founding the Hollywood chapter of the National Organization for Women and leading the West Hollywood Women’s Advisory Board.

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She turns to her estranged sister, Lee, for help finding a bone marrow transplant match — an endeavor that finds the family once again under the same roof.

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But compared with transplants, they’re more likely to work in the state and to identify with it.

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Related Words

• emigrate 
• graft 
• immigrate 
• remove 
• uproot