transplant

noun

  1. 1

    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

  2. 2

    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

  3. 3

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

verb

  1. 1

    transfer from one place or period to another

    The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America

  2. 2

    place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient

  3. 3

    lift and reset in another soil or situation

    Transplant the young rice plants

  4. 4

    be transplantable

    These delicate plants do not transplant easily

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