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Definitions for transplant
trænsˈplænt, -ˈplɑnt; ˈtrænsˌplænt, -ˌplɑnttrans·plant

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. graft, transplantnoun

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

  2. transplant, transplantation, organ transplantnoun

    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"

  3. transplant, transplantation, transplantingverb

    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"

  4. transplant, transferverb

    lift and reset in another soil or situation

    "Transplant the young rice plants"

  5. transplantverb

    be transplantable

    "These delicate plants do not transplant easily"

  6. transplant, graftverb

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

  7. transfer, transpose, transplantverb

    transfer from one place or period to another

    "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To TRANSPLANTverb

    Etymology: trans and planto, Lat. transplanter, Fr.

    The noblest fruits transplanted in our isle,
    With early hope and fragrant blossoms smile. Wentworth Dillon.

    Salopian acres flourish with a growth,
    Peculiar stil’d the Ottley; be thou first
    This apple to transplant. Phillips.

    If any transplant themselves into plantations abroad, who are schismaticks or outlaws, such are not fit to lay the foundation of a new colony. Francis Bacon, Advice to Villiers.

    Of light the greater part he took
    Transplanted from her cloudy shrine, and plac’d
    In the sun’s orb. John Milton.

    He prospered at the rate of his own wishes, being transplanted out of his cold barren diocese of Saint David’s into a warmer climate. Edward Hyde.

ChatGPT

  1. transplant

    A transplant is a medical procedure involving the removal of a healthy organ, tissue, or cells from one body, referred to as the donor, and placing it into another body, referred to as the recipient, that needed it due to disease or injury. It can also refer to the transfer of an entity from one place to another.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Transplantverb

    to remove, and plant in another place; as, to transplant trees

  2. Transplantverb

    to remove, and settle or establish for residence in another place; as, to transplant inhabitants

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Transplant

    trans-plant′, v.t. to remove and plant in another place: to remove.—adj. Transplan′table.—ns. Transplantā′tion, act of transplanting, the removal of a living plant to another place, the removal of living tissue from one part of the body, or from one individual, to another; Transplan′ter, a machine for moving trees.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of transplant in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of transplant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of transplant in a Sentence

  1. David Klassen:

    The decision on whether to list the patient or not is really up to the transplant program. We don't have any real policy that says a patient like this must be accepted or must be denied.

  2. Channan Petrides:

    I know I’ve taken a massive risk, but I want to enjoy the time I have left, rather than stick [sic] waiting to get a call that may never come, nobody could say for sure that the transplant would work, and I wouldn’t have been able to do anything on my bucket list because of risk of infection.

  3. Brenden Bulger:

    We aren't going to need our organs and there are other people out there that need Liza Sueme, people stay on those transplant lists for so long so why not try to help.

  4. Amy Lee:

    You're putting a whole new ecosystem of balance in. So, it's the ultimate probiotic. The bacteria takes hold ; it starts to repopulate. John Lee said that ever since Avery underwent the procedure, which involved a healthy stool overnighted from a Boston stool bank, she has been healthy with regular bowel movements. Fecal transplants for C. diff are approved by the Food and Drug Administration( FDA) only for children with recurrent C. diff infections. In Georgia, 19 children had fecal transplants after Avery, according to Fox 5 Atlanta. It's incredible how many people a fecal transplant can save, and help, and cure, and give life again.

  5. Christina Klein:

    It is very rare for two immunologically incompatible pairs to propose their own paired exchange and actually be a match for one another, i have been a transplant nephrologist since 2008 working in active living donation and paired kidney exchange programs, and I have personally never seen this happen before.

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Translations for transplant

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  • شتل, زرعArabic
  • күсереп ултыртыуBashkir
  • trasplantarCatalan, Valencian
  • udplante, transplantat, omplante, transplantation, transplantereDanish
  • umpflanzen, transplantieren, verpflanzen, umsetzen, TransplantationGerman
  • trasplantarSpanish
  • elinsiirto, siirtoistuttaa, sirtää, siirrännäinen, siirtäminen, siirre, siirto, siirtääFinnish
  • transplantation, greffer, greffon, transplanter, déplacer, greffeFrench
  • transplantar, transplanteGalician
  • փոխպատվաստում, փոխպատվաստելArmenian
  • trapiantare, trapiantoItalian
  • 移植, 移植するJapanese
  • huarangaMāori
  • przeszczepiać, przeszczepPolish
  • transplantar, transplante, transplantaçãoPortuguese
  • transplantareRomanian
  • трансплантация, пересадить, пересадка, переселять, трансплантировать, пересаживатьRussian

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