transplant
verb
trans·plant
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transplanted;
transplanting;
transplants
Definition of transplant
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
: to lift and reset (a plant) in another soil or situation
2
: to remove from one place or context and settle or introduce elsewhere : relocate
3
: to transfer (an organ or tissue) from one part or individual to another
: to tolerate being transplanted
does not transplant as well as other varieties
transplant
noun
trans·plant
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Definition of transplant (Entry 2 of 2)
1a
: a person or thing that is transplanted
b
: a manufacturing plant set up locally by a foreign automobile company to save on shipping costs
bumpers shipped to a Japanese transplant in the U.S.
2
: the act or process of transplanting
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Other Words from transplant
Verb
transplantability
\ ˌtran(t)s-ˌplan-tə-ˈbi-lə-tē
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noun
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noun
transplantable
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adjective
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adjective
transplantation
\ ˌtran(t)s-ˌplan-ˈtā-shən
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noun
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noun
transplanter
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noun
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noun
Examples of transplant in a Sentence
Verb
She carefully transplanted the seedlings. The bush was transplanted to a different part of the garden. Doctors transplanted one of his kidneys into his sister. a recipient of a transplanted heart The group transplanted the beavers to another part of the state. She is a New Yorker who recently transplanted to the West Coast.Noun
The heart transplant was successful. He is going to need a liver transplant. The doctors are trying to keep him alive until a liver can be found for transplant. The patient's body rejected the transplant. She received a bone marrow transplant from an unknown donor. She's a Southern transplant who now lives in New York.
Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
As far back as the 1950s, doctors in the United States started transplanting stool from healthy donors into patients with life-threatening diarrhea caused by infection with a nasty bacterium named C. difficile. — Linda Carroll, NBC News, "There were no guidelines for fecal transplants. Then, a patient died.," 25 Aug. 2019 Once those embryos are ready, the plan is to transplant them into females proven to carry healthy babies to term. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Birth at Safari Park marks milestone in saving nearly extinct rhino," 29 July 2019 The Japanese government is granting its support to a scientist working to create animal embryos that contain human cells, and to then subsequently transplant them into surrogate animals. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "I Guess You Can Grow a Human Pancreas In a Rat Now," 26 July 2019 Doctors at four hospitals in four states (Maryland, Missouri, Oklahoma and Michigan) finished transplanting eight kidneys over three weeks. — BostonGlobe.com, "This day in history," 6 July 2019 The soaring price of vanilla has been accompanied by an opportunistic crime wave: raiders rip out whole vines to transplant them elsewhere and armed robbers hold up warehouses. — The Economist, "The murky world of Madagascar’s roaring vanilla trade," 5 July 2019 The work involved transplanting human fetal tissue, which had been acquired from Advanced Bioscience Resources in Alameda, into mice to study how human cells react to chemical compounds that could be used to treat and potentially cure HIV. — Erin Allday, SFChronicle.com, "UCSF loses contract as Trump administration restricts fetal tissue research," 5 June 2019 So on July 28, 2016, doctors in Alabama extracted some of Ryals’s bone marrow and, the next day, doctors in California transplanted it into Skye’s bloodstream. — Lindsey Bever, Washington Post, "A bride gave bone marrow to save a stranger’s baby. The child lived — and was her flower girl.," 3 July 2018 Nakauchi's ultimate goal is to produce animals with organs made of human cells that can, eventually, be transplanted into people. — David Cyranoski, Scientific American, "Japan Approves First Human-Animal Embryo Experiments," 9 Aug. 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Guldenschuh is one of them, writing: Another user wrote: Potter upped the ante on his generosity last week, donating a kidney to a stranger after seeing on Reddit that a Pittsburgh father of two was in need of a transplant. — Allison Klein, Anchorage Daily News, "Pittsburgh man known for acts of kindness donates kidney," 24 Aug. 2019 Guldenschuh is one of them, writing: And there are many others: Potter upped the ante on his generosity last week, donating a kidney to a stranger after seeing on Reddit that a Pittsburgh father of two was in need of a transplant. — Allison Klein, Washington Post, "This man was already a legend for committing extreme acts of kindness. Then he gave a stranger a kidney.," 22 Aug. 2019 It was meant to be a bridge to a heart transplant that could last two years. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Column: Ride from the heart connects transplant recipient, family of fallen Navy officer," 29 July 2019 Sometimes, patients have to undergo a cornea transplant after using the drops. — Maggie O'neill, Health.com, "Swimming in Contact Lenses Can Cause Vision Loss—Here’s How," 17 July 2019 Journey to Dallas Williams was a transplant in Dallas. — Cassandra Jaramillo, Dallas News, "Dallas trauma surgeon who led police oversight board overhaul is leaving city," 8 July 2019 But a couple of years ago, her father got sick again, and needed another transplant. — Nara Schoenberg, chicagotribune.com, "Chicago sisters honored late father by donating their kidneys to strangers, setting off a chain of 5 lifesaving transplants," 2 July 2019 Roy Lowell-Vandeweghe survives a near-fatal car crash by being one of the first people to undergo a full-body transplant. — Valentina Palladino, Ars Technica, "Ars To-Be-Read: Our most anticipated books for the second half of 2019," 8 June 2019 Belle suffers from interstitial lung disease. and needs a lung transplant. — Lucy Wood, Marie Claire, "Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Gave the Coolest Wedding Gift to Idris Elba and Sabrina Dhowre," 29 Apr. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'transplant.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for transplant
transplant
verb
English Language Learners Definition of transplant
(Entry 1 of 2)
: to remove (a plant) from the ground or from a pot and move it to another place
medical
: to perform a medical operation in which an organ or other part that has been removed from the body of one person is put into the body of another person
: to move (a person or animal) to a new home
transplant
noun
English Language Learners Definition of transplant (Entry 2 of 2)
: a medical operation in which an organ or other part is removed from the body of one person and put into the body of another person
: an organ, piece of skin, etc., that is transplanted
: a person who has moved to a new home especially in a different region or country