transplant

¹trans·plant

verb \ˌtran(t)s-ˈplant\

Definition of TRANSPLANT

transitive verb

1

: to lift and reset (a plant) in another soil or situation

2

: to remove from one place or context and settle or introduce elsewhere : relocate

3

: to transfer (an organ or tissue) from one part or individual to another

intransitive verb

: to tolerate being transplanted <does not transplant as well as other varieties>

— trans·plant·abil·i·ty \ˌtran(t)s-ˌplan-tə-ˈbi-lə-tē\ noun

— trans·plant·able \tran(t)s-ˈplan-tə-bəl\ adjective

— trans·plan·ta·tion \ˌtran(t)s-ˌplan-ˈtā-shən\ noun

— trans·plant·er \tran(t)s-ˈplan-tər\ noun

Examples of TRANSPLANT

1. She carefully transplanted the seedlings.
2. The bush was transplanted to a different part of the garden.
3. Doctors transplanted one of his kidneys into his sister.
4. a recipient of a transplanted heart
5. The group transplanted the beavers to another part of the state.
6. She is a New Yorker who recently transplanted to the West Coast.

Origin of TRANSPLANT

Middle English transplaunten, from Late Latin transplantare, from Latin trans- + plantare to plant

First Known Use: 15th century

Rhymes with TRANSPLANT

aslant, bacchant, bacchante, bezant, courante, decant, descant, displant, eggplant, enceinte, enchant, explant, extant, face-plant, fire ant, formant, gallant, Gallant, gas plant, grandaunt, houseplant, ice plant, implant, incant, jade plant, land grant, leadplant, levant, Levant, musk plant, pieplant, pissant, plainchant, pourpoint, preplant, recant, red ant, replant, savant, seed plant, snow plant, supplant, white ant

²trans·plant

noun \ˈtran(t)s-ˌplant\

Definition of TRANSPLANT

1

a : a person or thing that is transplanted

b : a manufacturing plant set up locally by a foreign automobile company to save on shipping costs <bumpers shipped to a Japanese transplant in the United States>

2

: the act or process of transplanting

Examples of TRANSPLANT

1. The heart transplant was successful.
2. He is going to need a liver transplant.
3. The doctors are trying to keep him alive until a liver can be found for transplant.
4. The patient's body rejected the transplant.
5. She received a bone marrow transplant from an unknown donor.
6. She's a Southern transplant who now lives in New York.

First Known Use of TRANSPLANT

1756

transplant

noun    (Concise Encyclopedia)

Partial or complete organ or other body part removed from one site and attached at another. It may come from the same or a different person or an animal. One from the same person—most often a skin graft—is not rejected. Transplants from another person or, especially, an animal are rejected unless they are unusually compatible or have no blood vessels (e.g., the cornea), or if the recipient's immune reaction is suppressed by lifelong drug treatment. Transplanted tissues must match (by blood tests) more closely than blood transfusions. Monoclonal antibodies targeting the cells that cause rejection hold great promise. Tests are now under way with monoclonal antibodies that react with antigens present only on T cells that are participating in rejection, sparing the rest. Rejection matters less in skin grafts, which may need to last only weeks, and bone grafts, whose structure remains after the cells die. In bone-marrow transplants, the donor's marrow cells may attack the recipient's tissues, often fatally. Lung transplants have greater chance of success as part of a heart-and-lung transplant. See also heart transplant, kidney transplant.

Variants of TRANSPLANT

transplant or graft