transplant, n.
(transplants)
(transplants)
the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location
<noun.act>
transplant transplantation transplanting
sample sentences
"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"
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an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient)
<noun.act>
organ transplant transplant transplantation
sample sentences
"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"
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(surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient
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graft transplant
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