transplant
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Definition of transplant:
(surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient
an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient); "he had a kidney transplant"; "the long-term results of cardiac transplantation are now excellent"; "a child had a multiple organ transplant two months ago" the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location; "the transplant did not flower until the second year"; "too frequent transplanting is not good for families"; "she returned to Alabama because she could not bear transplantation" lift and reset in another soil or situation; "Transplant the young rice plants" be transplantable; "These delicate plants do not transplant easily" place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient transfer from one place or period to another; "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America" |