transplant

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verb

trans·plant ˌtran(t)s-ˈplant

transplanted; transplanting; transplants

Synonyms of transplant next

transitive verb

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

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

: 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

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

transplant

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noun

trans·plant ˈtran(t)s-ˌplant

: a person or thing that is transplanted

: 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.

: the act or process of transplanting

Example Sentences

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. See More

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

Last August, the committee released its report concluding that 28,000 more organs could be transplanted every year if regulations were reformed and organ procurement organizations were held accountable. —

Nada Hassanein, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2023 The analyses tracked where each organ originated, how far it was transported, and where it was ultimately transplanted. —

Malena Carollo And Ben Tanen, al, 22 Mar. 2023 Most other crops can and should be transplanted to make the gardening process easier, particularly for weed control. —

oregonlive, 21 Mar. 2023 The analyses tracked where each organ originated, how far it was transported and where it was ultimately transplanted. —

Malena Carollo And Ben Tanen, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Mar. 2023 By the end of the week, your plants should be acclimated and ready to be transplanted. —

Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Mar. 2023 Time is then spent transplanting the small seedlings and growing them on to form flowering bulbs. —

Tom Maccubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2023 To transplant the moss, carefully remove a small section with the soil below it. —

Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 28 Feb. 2023 Previously, hearts needed to be transplanted within approximately four hours. —

Jon Lapook, CBS News, 15 Feb. 2023

Noun

And as a Florida transplant, this theoretically isn’t the weekend for me, either. —

Heather Bushman, The Indianapolis Star, 27 May 2023 This implies that some Black patients would be considered to have healthier kidneys than otherwise similar non-Black patients and less likely to be assigned a kidney transplant. —

Anirban Basu, The Conversation, 26 May 2023 Turner was known to suffer from kidney issues and got a kidney transplant from her husband, Erwin Bach, in 2017. —

Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 25 May 2023 The Queen of Rock — who received a kidney transplant in 2017 — detailed her health journey in an interview with the European Health Kidney Alliance in March. —

Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 25 May 2023 Every year, Medicare spends $87 billion on chronic kidney disease, and another $37 billion on care for people with kidney failure, those living on dialysis or in need of a kidney transplant. —

Isabella Cueto, STAT, 22 May 2023 The transplant was in October, and both women have recovered well. —

Catherine Garcia, The Week, 27 Apr. 2023 For example, an individual in need of a liver transplant might not live close to a transplantation center that offers that procedure. —

Joe Ferreira, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023 Her husband, a researcher in organ transplant immunology, died in 2017 at 76. —

Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2023 See More

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