transplant
IPA: trænspɫˈænt
noun
- An act of uprooting and moving (something), especially and archetypically a plant.
- Anything that is transplanted, especially and archetypically a plant.
- (medicine) An operation (procedure) in which tissue or an organ is transplanted: an instance of transplantation.
- (medicine) A transplanted organ or tissue: a graft.
- (US) Someone who is not native to their area of residence.
verb
- (transitive) To uproot (a growing plant), and plant it in another place.
- (transitive) To remove (something) and establish its residence in another place; to resettle or relocate.
- (transitive, medicine) To transfer (tissue or an organ) from one body to another, or from one part of a body to another.
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Examples of "transplant" in Sentences
- The bold man transplanted his hair.
- Porcine liver was transplanted to a dog.
- Who is the authority to transplant organs
- The scientists transplanted the lung of pigs.
- The demand for eyebrow transplants is increasing.
- A transplanted Briton, he is the scourge of the monarchy.
- Occasionally, the kidney is transplanted together with the pancreas.
- The first heart transplant was in 1967, and the moon landing in 1969.
- Transplanters automate the task of transplanting seedlings to the field.
- Criminal gangs are likely exploiting a situation where demand for donor organs is outstripping supply and patients are left languishing on official transplant waiting lists.
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