transplant
40
4.8
- noun
- /ˈtrænsplænt/
- Specialized
:
trasplante
- 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
259
1.1
An act of changing the place where you live
12
4.0
Moving people from their homes to a new place because they must leave
11
6.8
Moving things, such as data, rights and ownership, from one place, form or person to another
9
6.1
Moving people out of their job or home
2
5.4
An act of moving a person, animal, or plant to a new place
1
3.7
Moving a plant or part of the body from one place to another
1
6.3
The act of moving something between places or people
1
2.4
A move of something from one place to another
Moving something from one place to another, for example a machine
Compounds
- Specialized
11
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
576
2.2
23
3.1
355
3.2
- Specialized
40
4.8
363
3.5
167
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.