transplant
An act of uprooting and moving, especially and archetypically a plantAn act of uprooting and moving (something), especially and archetypically a plant.
» Tom has had a heart transplant.
Tom hat eine Herztransplantation bekommen.
Meaning
5 sensesAn act of uprooting and moving (something), especially and archetypically a plant.
Anything that is transplanted, especially and archetypically a plant.
An operation (procedure) in which tissue or an organ is transplanted: an instance of transplantation.
Transplantation
транспланта́цияtransplantácija, переса́дкаperesádka
(surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient
A transplanted organ or tissue: a graft.
(US)Someone who is not native to their area of residence.
Examples
69 sentencesTom has had a heart transplant.
deTom hat eine Herztransplantation bekommen.
I got a bone-marrow transplant.
I had a bone marrow transplant.
Tom watered the tree he'd just transplanted.
ruТом полил дерево, которое только что пересадил.
Tom's body seems to be accepting the transplant.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English transplaunten, from Old French transplanter, from Late Latin transplanFrom Middle English transplaunten, from Old French transplanter, from Late Latin transplantare, equivalent to trans- + plant.
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Forms
plural: transplants| Singular | transplant |
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Synonyms
4 synonyms- the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location:transplantationtransplanting
- an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient):transplantationorgan transplant
- (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient:graft