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transplant

[ verb trans-plant, -plahnt; noun 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. surgery
    1. the procedure involved in such a transfer
    2. the organ or tissue transplanted
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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
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Derived Forms

  • ˌٰԲˈٲپDz, noun
  • ٰԲˈԳٱ, noun
  • ٰԲˈԳٲ, adjective
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Other Word Forms

  • ٰԲ·Գa· adjective
  • ٰԲp·ٲtDz noun
  • ٰԲ·Գİ noun
  • tԲ·Գ verb (used with object)
  • tԲ··ٲtDz noun
  • ܲtԲ·ԳĻ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of transplant1

1400–50; late Middle English < Late Latin ٰԲԳ, equivalent to Latin ٰԲ- trans- + Գ to plant
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Example Sentences

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Doctors have told her she will need a stem cell transplant but no match has been found in her family or on an international database.

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An Ojai transplant himself, the actor is dedicated to preserving the integrity of the close-knit community while fostering its artistic growth.

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“To be able to … offer space for these fish to be transplanted to — when we ourselves had experienced a similar situation but lost our fish — it was just a really big deal,” Hendricks said.

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Like other notable transplants to the Golden State, he found pop culture stardom, becoming the heroic subject of a children’s book and a 2014 documentary.

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Luckily, she says, she had good insurance that covered much of her care, including the three months she needed round-the-clock care after a bone marrow transplant.

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