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transplanting

 [v. trans-plant, -plahnt; n. trans-plant, -plahnt]   Origin

trans·plant

   [v. trans-plant, -plahnt; n. 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.
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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.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Late Latin trānsplantāre, equivalent to Latin trāns- trans- + plantāre to plant

Related forms
trans·plant·a·ble, adjective
trans·plan·ta·tion, noun
trans·plant·er, noun
re·trans·plant, verb (used with object)
re·trans·plan·ta·tion, noun
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un·trans·plant·ed, adjective
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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
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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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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')

  1. The act or process of transplanting.

  2. The tissue or organ so used.

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transplant   (trāns'plānt')  Pronunciation Key 

  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. See also graft.


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transplanting

in horticulture, plant or tree removed from one location and reset in the ground at another. Most small deciduous trees may be moved with no soil attached to their roots. Trees of more than 7.5 cm (3 inches) in trunk diameter, however, are best moved balled and burlapped, that is, with a ball of earth enclosing the roots held in place with burlap.

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