transplant

🇺🇸 /trænsˈplænt/ 🇬🇧 /trænsˈplɑːnt/
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verb
R

to move an organ or tissue from one body to another

Doctors can transplant a healthy heart into a sick patient.

R

to move a plant to a new place to grow

Gardeners often transplant young plants to bigger pots.

R

to move someone or something to a new place

Companies sometimes transplant workers to different cities.

noun
R

a medical operation to replace a damaged organ

A kidney transplant can save a person's life.

R

an organ used in a transplant operation

The hospital received a liver transplant for the patient.

translation

v. to move an organ or tissue from one body to another; to move a plant to a new place to grow; to move someone or something to a new place
n. a medical operation to replace a damaged organ; an organ used in a transplant operation

Word Forms

3rd Present transplants
Progressive transplanting
Past transplanted
Plural transplants
Perfect transplanted