transplant

(trans plant; also, and for n. always, transplant′)

transitive verb

  1. to dig up (a growing plant) from one place and plant it in another
  2. to remove (people, animals, etc.) from one place and resettle in another
  3. Surgery to transfer (tissue or an organ) from one individual or part of the body to another; graft

Origin: ME transplaunten < LL(Ec) transplantare: see trans- & plant

intransitive verb

  1. to do transplanting
  2. to be capable of enduring transplantation

noun

  1. the act or an instance of transplanting
  2. something transplanted, as a body organ or seedling

Related Forms:

See transplant in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb trans·plant·ed, trans·plant·ing, trans·plants
verb, transitive
  1. To uproot and replant (a growing plant).
  2. To transfer from one place or residence to another; resettle or relocate.
  3. Medicine To transfer (tissue or an organ) from one body or body part to another.
verb, intransitive
To be capable of undergoing transplantation.
noun (trănsˈplăntˌ)
  1. The act or process of transplanting.
  2. Something transplanted.
  3. Medicine An operation in which tissue or an organ is transplanted: undergo a heart transplant; surgical transplant of a cornea.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English transplaunten

Origin: , from Old French transplanter

Origin: , from Late Latin trānsplantāre

Origin: : Latin trāns, trans-

Origin: + Latin plantāre, to plant; see plat- in Indo-European roots

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Related Forms:

  • trans·plantˈa·ble adjective
  • transˌplan·taˈtion noun
  • trans·plantˈer noun

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