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Definition of Transplant

1. Verb. Lift and reset in another soil or situation. "Transplant the young rice plants"

2. Noun. (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient.

3. Verb. Be transplantable. "These delicate plants do not transplant easily"

4. Noun. An operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient). "A child had a multiple organ transplant two months ago"

5. Verb. Place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient.

6. Noun. The act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location. "She returned to Alabama because she could not bear transplantation"

7. Verb. Transfer from one place or period to another. "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America"

Definition of Transplant

1. v. t. To remove, and plant in another place; as, to transplant trees.

Definition of Transplant

1. Verb. (transitive) To uproot (a growing plant), and plant it in another place. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To remove (something) and establish its residence in another place; to resettle or relocate. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive medicine) To transfer (tissue or an organ) from one body to another, or from one part of a body to another. ¹

4. Noun. An act of uprooting and moving (something). ¹

5. Noun. Anything that is transplanted. ¹

6. Noun. (medicine) An operation in which tissue or an organ is transplanted. ¹

7. Noun. (medicine) A transplanted organ or tissue. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Transplant

1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Transplant

1. 1. To remove, and plant in another place; as, to transplant trees. 2. To remove, and settle or establish for residence in another place; as, to transplant inhabitants. "Being transplanted out of his cold, barren diocese of St. David into a warmer climate." (Clarendon) Origin: F. Transplanter, L. Transplantare; trans across, over + plantare to plant. See Plant. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Transplant

transpirable transpirate transpiration transpirational transpirations transpiratory transpire transpired transpires transpiring

transplace transplacental transplacentally transplanckian transplanetary transplant (current term) transplant lung syndrome transplantable transplantar transplantation

transplantation antigen transplantation chimera transplantation conditioning transplantation genetics transplantation immunology transplantation of cornea transplantation reaction transplantations transplanted transplantee

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