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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. Ankit Bharat:

    Normally we try to wake every patient up before we offer them lung transplant. We want to make sure that the patient knows, in her situation, we tried to do the same thing, but her lungs were so badly injured we just could not wake her up.

  2. Laurent Lantieri:

    It is his second transplant but his third face, this shows that a face is an organ like any organ that can be transplanted and retransplanted.

  3. Pamela Chapman:

    I didn’t even know I had it. I had a routine physical and some of my liver blood tests were abnormal. i couldn’t believe I had this disease attacking my bile ducts, my liver, and the thought of a liver transplant down the road, I panicked!

  4. Forest Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem:

    The reason it is recommended is to provide protection for the patient. Transplant patients are at high risk for severe illness if they do n’t have preexisting immunity prior to being transplanted.

  5. James Whiting:

    These conversations around medical marijuana will continue, and I think that we will try to find ways, whether they be using edibles or other things, to allow people to be listed and transplanted, the transplant community is always going to be focused on using as many organs as possible.

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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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