transplant

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trans·plant | \ ˌtran(t)s-ˈplant

transplanted; transplanting; transplants

Definition of transplant

(Entry 1 of 2)

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

transplant

noun

trans·plant | \ ˈtran(t)s-ˌplant

Definition of transplant (Entry 2 of 2)

1a : 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 U.S.

2 : the act or process of transplanting

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Other Words from transplant

Verb

transplantability \ ˌtran(t)s-ˌplan-tə-ˈbi-lə-tē

\ noun

transplantable \ tran(t)s-ˈplan-tə-bəl

\ adjective

transplantation \ ˌtran(t)s-ˌplan-ˈtā-shən

\ noun

transplanter \ tran(t)s-ˈplan-tər

\ noun

Examples of transplant in a Sentence

Verb She carefully transplanted the seedlings. The bush was transplanted to a different part of the garden. Doctors transplanted one of his kidneys into his sister. a recipient of a transplanted heart The group transplanted the beavers to another part of the state. She is a New Yorker who recently transplanted to the West Coast. Noun The heart transplant was successful. He is going to need a liver transplant. The doctors are trying to keep him alive until a liver can be found for transplant. The patient's body rejected the transplant. She received a bone marrow transplant from an unknown donor. She's a Southern transplant who now lives in New York.

Recent Examples on the Web: Verb Surgical teams work to transplant the new organs into the waiting patient. — Julie Washington, cleveland, 13 July 2021 There's no need to transplant your tomato or pepper into a larger pot. — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 June 2021 To compensate, the mine owners, who deny the loss would be that high, planned to transplant the buckwheat or grow it from seed in unoccupied soil nearby. — Gregory Barber, Wired, 17 June 2021 The book is the true story of the late Dr. Robert White, a Shaker resident and MetroHealth’s first chief of neurosurgery, who tested the boundaries of science and ethics in his quest to transplant the human soul. — cleveland, 28 May 2021 In 2018 and 2019 researchers in Mexico and Israel used the Mote team’s strategy to generate coral fragments and transplant them onto reefs just off Mexico’s Pacific coast. — Elizabeth Svoboda, Scientific American, 1 May 2021 When the seedlings are 4-6 inches tall, transplant them to small containers or rows in a garden. — Tom Maccubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 1 May 2021 Kyoto University Hospital said the woman underwent an 11-hour operation by a 30-strong medical team on Wednesday to transplant lung tissue from her husband and son. — Julia Hollingsworth And Emiko Jozuka, CNN, 9 Apr. 2021 Now is a good time to transplant the bird of paradise so there is minimal stress on the plants with a quick recovery expected. — Tom Maccubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 3 Apr. 2021 Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Emily Ventura, executive director of the nonprofit PFIC Network, said her 9-year-old daughter, Cedar Ventura, was diagnosed with the disease at 5 months and underwent a liver transplant four years ago. — BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2021 Nuclo said the machine wasn't enough to help her son recover, so he was moved to the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, where he was placed on the lung transplant list. — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 15 July 2021 Gomez, who has lupus and underwent a kidney transplant in 2017, has dealt with body shaming over her changing shape. — Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 9 June 2021 Brown, diagnosed with leukemia, underwent a bone marrow transplant in 2007 using marrow from a donor with an HIV-resistant mutation. — Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 6 June 2021 On April 15, Haynesworth underwent a successful kidney transplant at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. — Ben Arthur, USA TODAY, 31 May 2021 The best news, of course, is that after two open-heart surgeries, Danny underwent a successful heart transplant and was ultimately okay. — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 3 Mar. 2021 Back in 2017, Selena Gomez underwent a kidney transplant following complications from lupus. — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 24 Sep. 2020 An Upper East Side transplant that provides a European savoir faire. — Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, 15 July 2021

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transplant

verb

English Language Learners Definition of transplant

(Entry 1 of 2)

: to remove (a plant) from the ground or from a pot and move it to another place

medical : to perform a medical operation in which an organ or other part that has been removed from the body of one person is put into the body of another person

: to move (a person or animal) to a new home

transplant

noun

English Language Learners Definition of transplant (Entry 2 of 2)

: a medical operation in which an organ or other part is removed from the body of one person and put into the body of another person

: an organ, piece of skin, etc., that is transplanted

: a person who has moved to a new home especially in a different region or country

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transplant

verb

trans·plant | \ trans-ˈplant

transplanted; transplanting