transplant
15
4.8
- noun
- /ˈtrænsplænt/
- Specialized
- We're in a world where thousands of people die every year because there's a waiting list for a kidney transplant, OK?
- grown transplants
- transplants grown in compost
- transplant growth
Examples
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The organization is working hard to promote awareness about the importance of organ transplant donation.
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The doctor explained that a kidney transplant can save the life of a patient with kidney failure.
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Then the people from the New York Regional Transplant Services would take over.
Fiction book (1995) -
All but one donor was from a single transplant center.
Academic text (2008) -
However, the transplant groups did not differ significantly with respect to known risk factors.
Academic text (1995) -
Although she is a relatively recent transplant to southern Maryland, the issues the college is grappling with touch her personally.
Academic text (2017) -
This is the authorization for transplant signed by his wife, Cristina Williams Peck.
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After her accident, she was grateful for the heart transplant that gave her a second chance at life.
Synonyms
101
1.1
An act of changing the place where you live
14
4.0
Moving people from their homes to a new place because they must leave
13
6.8
Moving things, such as data, rights and ownership, from one place, form or person to another
12
6.1
Moving people out of their job or home
2
3.7
Moving a plant or part of the body from one place to another
1
5.4
An act of moving a person, animal, or plant to a new place
1
2.4
A move of something from one place to another
1
6.3
The act of moving something between places or people
Moving something from one place to another, for example a machine
Compounds
- Specialized
15
3.6
A medical operation to move a healthy organ from one person into another who needs it
- Specialized
1
4.2
A surgery that replaces a damaged cornea in the eye with healthy tissue from a donor
How Far
366
2.2
30
3.1
435
3.2
- Specialized
15
4.8
355
3.5
411
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Transplant comes from the Latin parts trans- 'across' and plantare 'to plant', which is the same idea as the English word plant. It literally means to put something in a new place 'across' from where it was, so a transplant is the act of moving something into a new home.