transplant
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈtrænsplænt/
- Specialized
:
trasplante
- After years on the waiting list, he finally received a kidney transplant.
- kidney transplant
- transplant recipients
- organ transplant
Legalization would make transplants safer and bring prices down.
- Legalization would make transplants safer and bring prices down.
- If you Google hair transplant photos, it looks terrifying.
- Like celebrities that we have researched that have had hair transplants, they just appear.
- Heart valves are already being used for transplant into humans.
- That's why you can donate them to transplant recipients.
- So most people have heard of stem cell transplants.
Examples
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In the UK the the wait for a kidney transplant is a few years actually.
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My mother-in-law needed a heart transplant once.
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Her dad had that transplant today.
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I have what I need and I'll have it ready for the transplant tonight.
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Now, according to the press, he got his transplant in Tennessee.
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So we did our first uterus transplant in February of last year.
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Now, we've moved her up to number one on the transplant list.
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If he doesn't get this transplant, he will die.
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She's scheduled for a heart transplant.
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Due to a shortage of donor organs, the wait for the lung transplant candidate may be prolonged.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
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4.4
An operation that moves an organ or tissue from one person to another to replace a damaged part
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3.6
A medical operation to move a healthy organ from one person into another who needs it
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3.7
Moving a plant or part of the body from one place to another
Compounds
- Specialized
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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 Major
Surface Forms
Morphology
transplant = transplant (semi-transparent) = trans + plant
The noun is a direct conversion from the verb transplant, and the internal trans- + plant structure is clear, though the medical sense is specialized.
Etymology
Transplant comes from the Latin parts trans- 'across' and plantare 'to plant', like the English word plant. Think of surgeons 'planting' an organ across from one body into another, which is why a transplant is a medical operation to move an organ into a new person.