What does "transplant" mean?
An act of uprooting and moving (something), especially and archetypically a plant.
Transplant
/tɹɑːnzˈplɑːnt/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: An act of uprooting and moving (something), especially and archetypically a plant.
- Grammar: transplant is listed as noun, verb.
- Nearest alternatives: graft, organ transplant, transplanting, allograft.
- Useful contrasts: direct sown, direct sows, extract.
- Usage evidence: The surgeon persuaded me to undergo an organ transplant operation.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 An act of uprooting and moving (something), especially and archetypically a plant.
- 2 the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location wordnet
- 3 Anything that is transplanted, especially and archetypically a plant.
- 4 an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient) wordnet
- 5 An operation (procedure) in which tissue or an organ is transplanted: an instance of transplantation.
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- 6 (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient wordnet
- 7 A transplanted organ or tissue: a graft.
- 8 Someone who is not native to their area of residence. US
"The Seigneur summoned the island's doctor, a young transplant from London named Peter Counsell, who determined that Mrs. Beaumont had suffered a stroke."
Verb
- 1 To uproot (a growing plant), and plant it in another place. transitive
"Vanilla itself was transplanted from Madagascar, the main source of the spice, to Polynesia a century ago."
- 2 transfer from one place or period to another wordnet
- 3 To remove (something) and establish its residence in another place; to resettle or relocate. transitive
"Mention must be made of the Valdres Folk Museum, situated just outside the town—one of those fascinating open-air museums for which Scandinavia is justly famed, to which have been transplanted a number of ancient buildings, such as farmhouses and storehouses, full of appropriate furniture, costumes and other exhibits."
- 4 place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient wordnet
- 5 To transfer (tissue or an organ) from one body to another, or from one part of a body to another. transitive
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- 6 lift and reset in another soil or situation wordnet
- 7 be transplantable wordnet
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"The surgeon persuaded me to undergo an organ transplant operation."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "transplant"?
Common synonyms include: graft, organ transplant, transplanting, allograft, amputation, anastomotic operation.
How do you use "transplant" in a sentence?
The surgeon persuaded me to undergo an organ transplant operation.
How do you pronounce "transplant"?
Pronounced /tɹɑːnzˈplɑːnt/.
Etymology
From Middle English transplaunten, from Old French transplanter, from Late Latin transplantare, equivalent to trans- + plant.