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verb
- 1. move or transfer (someone or something) to another place or situation: "it was proposed to transplant the club to the vacant site" Similar
- 2. take (living tissue or an organ) and implant it in another part of the body or in another body: "a kidney was transplanted from one identical twin to another" Similar
noun
- 1. an operation in which an organ or tissue is transplanted: "a heart transplant"
- 2. a person or thing that has been moved to a new place or situation: "both old-time residents and new transplants have deep loyalty to their community"
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a medical operation in which a new organ is put into someone's body: a liver / kidney transplant.
5 days ago · transplant, in medicine, a section of tissue or a complete organ that is removed from its original natural site and transferred to a new position in the same person or in a separate individual. The term, like the synonym graft, was borrowed from horticulture.
Overview. Transplantation of human cells, tissues and organs. Transplantation of human cells, tissues or organs saves many lives and restores essential functions where no alternatives of comparable effectiveness exist. In 50 years, transplantation has become a successful worldwide practice.
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. transplantability.
A plant that has been uprooted and replanted. A surgical procedure in a human or animal in which a body tissue or organ is transferred from a donor to a recipient or from one part of the body to another. Heart, lung, liver, kidney, corneal, and bone-marrow transplants are performed to treat life-threatening illness.
The meaning of TRANSPLANTATION is an act, process, or instance of transplanting; especially : the removal of tissue from one part of the body or from one individual and its implantation or insertion in another especially by surgery. How to use transplantation in a sentence.
a medical operation in which a new organ is put into someone's body: a liver / kidney transplant. transplant surgery.
transplant something (from somebody/something) (into somebody/something) to take an organ, skin, etc. from one person, animal, part of the body, etc. and put it into or onto another. Surgeons have successfully transplanted a liver into a four-year-old boy. Patients often reject transplanted organs.
TRANSPLANT meaning: 1 : to remove (a plant) from the ground or from a pot and move it to another place; 2 : 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
the act of moving something from one place to another: Plants must be strong enough to survive transplantation. medical specialized. taking body tissues from one body and placing them in another body or in another part of the same body: bone marrow transplantation. organ transplantation.
