Transplant

//tɹɑːnzˈplɑːnt// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An act of uprooting and moving (something), especially and archetypically a plant.
  2. 2
    the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location wordnet
  3. 3
    Anything that is transplanted, especially and archetypically a plant.
  4. 4
    an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient) wordnet
  5. 5
    An operation (procedure) in which tissue or an organ is transplanted: an instance of transplantation.
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  1. 6
    (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient wordnet
  2. 7
    A transplanted organ or tissue: a graft.
  3. 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. 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. 2
    transfer from one place or period to another wordnet
  3. 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. 4
    place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient wordnet
  5. 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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  1. 6
    lift and reset in another soil or situation wordnet
  2. 7
    be transplantable wordnet

Synonyms

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grafttransferamputationanastomotic operationassignbed

Example

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"The surgeon persuaded me to undergo an organ transplant operation."

Etymology

From Middle English transplaunten, from Old French transplanter, from Late Latin transplantare, equivalent to trans- + plant.

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