transplant

Meanings

Plural: transplants

Noun

• (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient
• an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient)
  • "he had a kidney transplant"
  • "the long-term results of cardiac transplantation are now excellent"
  • "a child had a multiple organ transplant two months ago"
• the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location
  • "the transplant did not flower until the second year"
  • "too frequent transplanting is not good for families"
  • "she returned to Alabama because she could not bear transplantation"
• An act of uprooting and moving (something), especially and archetypically a plant.
• Anything that is transplanted, especially and archetypically a plant.
• An operation (procedure) in which tissue or an organ is transplanted: an instance of transplantation.
• A transplanted organ or tissue: a graft.
• Someone who is not native to their area of residence.

Verb

• lift and reset in another soil or situation
  • "Transplant the young rice plants"
• be transplantable
  • "These delicate plants do not transplant easily"
• place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient
• transfer from one place or period to another
  • "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America"
• To uproot (a growing plant), and plant it in another place.
• To remove (something) and establish its residence in another place; to resettle or relocate.
• To transfer (tissue or an organ) from one body to another, or from one part of a body to another.

Synonyms

graft, organ transplant, transfer, transplantation, transplanting, transpose

Related Words

emigrant, immigrant, migrant