transplant

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

  1. to move from one place to another.

  2. 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.

Origin of transplant

1
1400–50; late Middle English <Late Latin trānsplantāre, equivalent to Latin trāns-trans- + plantāre to plant

Other words from transplant

  • 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
  • un·trans·plant·ed, adjective

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How to use transplant in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for transplant

transplant

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

  2. (intr) to be capable of being transplanted

  1. 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)
  1. surgery

    • the procedure involved in such a transfer

    • the organ or tissue transplanted

Derived forms of transplant

  • transplantable, adjective
  • transplantation, noun
  • transplanter, noun

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Scientific definitions for transplant

transplant

[ trănsplănt′ ]


  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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