transplant
22
3.7
- noun
- /ˈtrænsplænt/
- Specialized
:
injerto
- The surgery was a success and the patient would go on to live the next eight years with the transplanted organ, thanks to one key factor.
- an organ transplant
Examples
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He'll testify that bone marrow transplants are too experimental to be considered proper and reasonable medical treatments.
Fiction book (1995) -
After waiting for several months, she finally received a heart transplant that saved her life.
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A transplant is the only option left.
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We have studied its effect on kidney transplant function.
Academic text (1996) -
My patient's been in for two other transplants, and they both fell through.
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We are now trying to rehabilitate him, so we can attempt a transplant.
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Just after the picture was taken, Erin successfully received her transplant and is now completely cancer free.
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And there's no doubt that a face transplant is totally life transforming.
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The new kidney worked flawlessly, except that I now had three: two of my own and a transplant.
Fiction book (2000) -
So he should do well with corneal transplants, which we’ll be doing soon.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
31
6.1
A piece of living body tissue moved from one person to another in surgery
11
3.6
A medical operation to move a healthy organ from one person into another who needs it
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 Permanent
- Specialized
22
3.7
- Specialized
365
5.6
- Specialized
14
6.0
- Specialized
1
4.0
- Specialized
64
7.4
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 result-of-operation sense is specialized.
Etymology
Transplant comes from the Latin parts trans- 'across' and plantare 'to plant', the same root as the English word plant. A transplant is literally something 'planted' into a new body, so doctors call a moved organ a transplant.