transplantable
- adjective
- /trænsˈplæntəbl/
- Specialized
- I would say that one of the greatest unmet medical needs today is an adequate supply of transplantable organs.
- transplantable organs
Examples
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I would say that one of the greatest unmet medical needs today is an adequate supply of transplantable organs.
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To allocate transplantable organs.
Academic text (1990) -
In the United States, the number of African American organ donors continues to be low relative to the demand for transplantable human organs.
Academic text (2002) -
Instead, many people believe that such patients are simply less worthy of scarce transplantable organs.
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Instead, many people believe that such patients are simply less worthy of scarce transplantable organs.
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These are transplantable, so if you're starting in March, you can start them in a indoor setup and then just transplant them out.
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However, there is a shortage of transplantable livers because of availability and matching issues.
Academic text (2012) -
During the late 1960s, the intensification of transplantation experimentation prompted researchers to seek new ways of increasing the supply of transplantable organs.
Academic text (1997) -
The idea is to develop a transplantable liver graft by removing the cellular material while preserving the structural and functional characteristics of the liver's native microvascular network, thus allowing recellularization to take place.
Academic text (2012) -
The new technology allows for the creation of transplantable organs for patients in need of life-saving surgery.
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Morphology
transplantable = transplant (transparent) = transplant + able
Formed by adding the productive suffix '-able' to the verb 'transplant', yielding 'capable of being transplanted'.
Etymology
The word transplantable breaks into trans- 'across', plant 'to put in the ground or fix in place', and -able 'able'. So, something transplantable can be moved 'across' to a new place, like a rose moved to another garden or an organ moved to another body.