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transplant
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noun (n)
- (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient(noun.body)source: wordnet30
- an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient)(noun.act)Example:
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.
source: wordnet30 - the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location(noun.act)Example:
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.
source: wordnet30
verb (v)
- lift and reset in another soil or situation(verb.motion)Example:
Transplant the young rice plants.
source: wordnet30 - be transplantable(verb.stative)Example:
These delicate plants do not transplant easily.
source: wordnet30 - place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient(verb.contact)source: wordnet30
- To remove, and plant in another place; as, to transplant trees.(verb)source: webster1913