Transplant Definition
trăns-plănt
transplanted, transplanting, transplants
verb
transplanted, transplanting, transplants
To do transplanting.
Webster's New World
To dig up (a growing plant) from one place and plant it in another.
Webster's New World
To remove (people, animals, etc.) from one place and resettle in another.
Webster's New World
To transfer (tissue or an organ) from one individual or part of the body to another; graft.
Webster's New World
To be capable of enduring transplantation.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
noun
transplants
The act or an instance of transplanting.
Webster's New World
An operation in which an organ, body part, or other tissue is transplanted.
A corneal transplant.
American Heritage
Something transplanted, as a bodily organ or seedling.
Webster's New World
A person who has resettled in a different place.
American Heritage
(US) Someone who is not native to their area of residence.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- graft
- organ-transplant
- transplantation
- transplanting
- /etc
- eye transplant
- cardiac transplant
- skin graft; heart transplant
- introducing a donated organ
- kidney transplant
Other Word Forms of Transplant
Noun
Singular:
transplantPlural:
transplantsOrigin of Transplant
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Middle English transplaunten from Old French transplanter from Late Latin trānsplantāre Latin trāns trans- Latin plantāre to plant plat- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
trans- +"Ž plant (verb)
From Wiktionary
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