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Definition of Transplant
- the act of uprooting and moving a plant to a new location; "the transplant was successful"; "too frequent transplanting is not good for plants"
- an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient); "he had a kidney transplant"
- (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient
- transfer from one place or period to another; "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America"
- place athe organ of a donor into the body of a recipient
- lift and reset in another soil or situation; "Transplant the young rice plants"
- be transplantable; "These delicate plants do not transplant easily"
Hyponyms: keratoplasty, corneal graft, corneal transplant, xenotransplant, xenotransplantation, autograft, autoplasty, homograft, allograft, heterograft, xenograft
Grouped Verbs: transfer
Entailments: move
Derivational Morphology: transfer, graft, grafting, transplantation, organ transplant, transferer, transferrer, transplanting, transplanter
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