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transplant
n 1: (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a
recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and
recipient [synonym: {graft}, {transplant}]
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" [synonym: {transplant}, {transplantation}, {organ
transplant}]
3: 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" [synonym: {transplant},
{transplantation}, {transplanting}]
v 1: lift and reset in another soil or situation; "Transplant
the young rice plants" [synonym: {transplant}, {transfer}]
2: be transplantable; "These delicate plants do not transplant
easily"
3: place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient [synonym:
{transplant}, {graft}]
4: transfer from one place or period to another; "The ancient
Greek story was transplanted into Modern America" [synonym:
{transfer}, {transpose}, {transplant}]