Definition

1. Noun:

   • The act of moving something from one place to another: "transplant" refers to the process of removing something from its original location and placing it in a new one.
   • A surgical operation to move an organ or tissue: In medicine, a "transplant" is an operation where an organ or tissue is moved from one person (or part of the body) to another.
   • The thing that is moved: "transplant" can also refer to the organ, tissue, or plant that has been moved.

2. Verb:

   • To move a plant from one place and plant it in another: The basic meaning is to dig up a plant and replant it elsewhere.
   • To transfer an organ or tissue surgically: To perform the medical operation of moving an organ or tissue.
   • To move someone or something to a new environment: To cause a person, idea, or custom to move and become established in a different place.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • The patient is recovering well after his heart transplant.
  • The transplant of the rose bush was successful, and it bloomed beautifully.
  • She is on the waiting list for a kidney transplant.

• Verb:

  • We need to transplant these seedlings into larger pots.
  • Doctors were able to transplant the cornea and restore the patient's sight.
  • The company transplanted its headquarters from the suburbs to the city center.

Advanced Usage

• "to undergo a transplant": to receive an organ or tissue through surgery.

  • He had to undergo a transplant to survive.

• "to be a candidate for transplant": to be medically eligible to receive a transplanted organ.

  • Her condition makes her a good candidate for a transplant.

• "transplant rejection": a medical condition where the recipient's immune system attacks the transplanted organ.

  • The patient is on medication to prevent transplant rejection.

Variants and Related Words

• Transplantation (n): The process or act of transplanting.

  • Organ transplantation has saved countless lives.

• Transplantable (adj): Capable of being transplanted.

  • Not all organs are immediately transplantable.

Synonyms

• Transfer: to move from one place to another.
• Graft: (in surgery or horticulture) to insert or attach a part from one source to another.

Related Phrasal Verbs

(Note: "transplant" is not commonly used with particles to form phrasal verbs. The action is typically expressed by the verb alone or with prepositions like "into.")

Related Idioms

• "A transplant from...": A person who has moved from one region or country to another.
  • He's a transplant from New York, so he's not used to the slow pace here.

Noun

1. the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location
   • the transplant did not flower until the second year
   • too frequent transplanting is not good for families
   • she returned to Alabama because she could not bear transplantation
2. an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient)
   • he had a kidney transplant
   • the long-term results of cardiac transplantation are now excellent
   • a child had a multiple organ transplant two months ago
3. (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient

Verb

1. transfer from one place or period to another
   • The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America
2. place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient
3. be transplantable
   • These delicate plants do not transplant easily
4. lift and reset in another soil or situation
   • Transplant the young rice plants