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to transplant

to transplant

23 4.4
To move an organ or tissue from one person into another person's body
  • verb
  • /ˈtrænsplænt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : trasplantar
  • After careful preparation, she was ready to transplant the healthy tissue into the damaged area of his liver.
  • to transplant an organ
  • to transplant a kidney
  • to transplant cells

It didn't skip a beat, like didn't even act like it had been transplanted.

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Examples

  • The only way they survive is to have body parts transplanted over and over again.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • The doctors perform the operation, taking out one of Daniel's kidneys and transplanting it into Shirlee.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • An experiment to see if you can transplant... ...a bone from one man into another.

    The Good German (2006)

  • It is possible for me to transplant any part of the human body.

    Wonder Women (1973)

  • That is taking a lobe of an adult lung and using it to transplant into a child.

  • We grow the Schwann cells in the lab, then transplant them into the spinal cord.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • The doctors perform the complicated operation, taking out one of Daniel's kidneys and transplanting it into Shirlee.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • During surgery, the doctors successfully transplanted a new heart into the patient, giving him a second chance at life.

  • The medical team reported that they were able to transplant a lung from the donor into the recipient without complications.

Synonyms

to graft
vsto transplant
  • Specialized
6 7.0

To put living body tissue or an organ from another person into a patient in surgery

is the general term for moving organ or tissue between bodies

Antonyms

to retain
60 3.0

To hold something inside so it does not escape

Compounds

organ transplant
  • Specialized
11 3.6

A medical operation to move a healthy organ from one person into another who needs it

corneal transplant
  • Specialized
1 4.2

A surgery that replaces a damaged cornea in the eye with healthy tissue from a donor

Surface Forms

transplant infinitive
transplanted past
transplanted past participle
transplanting present participle
transplants third person singular

Morphology

transplant = plant (transparent) = trans + plant

Medical sense is produced by the same productive prefixation 'trans-' + 'plant' and denotes moving tissue across bodies, a clear compositional meaning.

Etymology

Transplant comes from the Latin parts trans- 'across' and plantare 'to plant', the same idea behind the English word plant. In medicine it means to 'plant' an organ across from one body into another, which is why doctors say they will transplant a kidney or liver.