transplant (noun)

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• transplant — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ organ ▪ bone marrow, heart, kidney, liver, lung, stem cell, etc. VERB + TRANSPLANT …   Collocations dictionary

• transplant — (v.) mid 15c., from L.L. transplantare plant again in a different place, from L. trans across (see TRANS (Cf. trans )) + plantare to plant (see PLANT (Cf. plant)). Extended to people (1550s) and then to organs or tissue (1786). The noun, in… …   Etymology dictionary

• transplant — ► VERB 1) transfer to another place or situation. 2) take (living tissue or an organ) and implant it in another part of the body or in another body. ► NOUN 1) an operation in which an organ or tissue is transplanted. 2) a person or thing that has …   English terms dictionary

• transplant — I UK [ˈtrænsˌplɑːnt] / US [ˈtrænsˌplænt] noun Word forms transplant : singular transplant plural transplants * a) [countable/uncountable] a medical operation in which a new organ is put into someone s body. The organ is taken from the body of… …   English dictionary

• transplant — transplants, transplanting, transplanted (The noun is pronounced [[t]træ̱nsplɑːnt, plænt[/t]]. The verb is pronounced [[t]trænsplɑ͟ːnt, plæ̱nt[/t]].) 1) N VAR A transplant is a medical operation in which a part of a person s body is replaced… …   English dictionary

• transplant — I. verb Etymology: Middle English transplaunten, from Late Latin transplantare, from Latin trans + plantare to plant Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to lift and reset (a plant) in another soil or situation 2. to remove from one place or… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• transplant — trans|plant1 [ træns,plænt ] noun * count or uncount a medical operation in which a new organ is put into someone s body. The organ is taken from the body of another person, especially someone who has just died, who is called a donor: There is a… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• transplant — verb (t) /trænsˈplænt / (say trans plant), / ˈplant/ (say plahnt) 1. to remove (a plant) from one place and plant it in another. 2. Surgery to transfer, as an organ or a portion of tissue, from one part of the body to another or from one person… …  

• transplant tourism — /ˈtrænsplænt tʊərɪzəm/ (say transplant toouhrizuhm) noun travelling to another country, ostensibly as a tourist, to purchase a transplant operation on offer there and not available in one s own country, or only available at much greater expense …  

• transplant — 1 verb (T) 1 to move a plant from one place and plant it in another 2 to move an organ, piece of skin etc from one person s body to another 3 formal to move something or someone from one place to another transplantation noun (U) 2 noun (C, U) 1… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• transplant — [ˈtrænsˌplɑːnt] noun [C/U] I a medical operation in which a new organ is put into someone s body II verb [T] transplant [ˌtrænsˈplɑːnt] 1) to take a plant out of the ground and put it in a different place 2) to take an organ from one person s… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English