transplant
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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)
5.
to undergo or accept transplanting: to transplant easily.
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noun
6.
the act or process of transplanting.
7.
a plant, organ, person, etc., that has been transplanted.
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| transplant | |
| —vb | |
| 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 |
| —n | |
| 4. | surgery |
| a. the procedure involved in such a transfer | |
| b. the organ or tissue transplanted | |
| trans'plantable | |
| —adj | |
| transplan'tation | |
| —n | |
| trans'planter | |
| —n | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
transplant
c.1440, from L.L. transplantare "plant again in a different place," from L. trans- "across" + plantare "to plant" (see plant). Extended to people (1555) and then to organs or tissue (1786).The noun, in ref. to plants, is recorded from 1756; in ref. 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.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
transplant trans·plant (trāns-plānt')
v. trans·plant·ed, trans·plant·ing, trans·plants
To transfer a tissue or an organ from one body or body part to another. n. (trāns'plānt')
The act or process of transplanting.
The tissue or organ so used.
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Science Dictionary
transplant (trāns'plānt') Pronunciation Key
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Example sentences
Add a handful of organic fertilizer to the planting hole as you plant seeds or transplant seedlings.
When a surgeon transplant a liver, it's mainly liver cells that are transplanted.
All three tell you whether they're measuring days from sowing or from transplant for each vegetable listed.
It's illegal in this country to buy or sell organs for transplant.
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