'Transplant' definitions:
Definition of 'transplant'
(from WordNet)
noun
(surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient [syn: graft, transplant]
noun
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" [syn: transplant, transplantation, organ transplant]
noun
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" [syn: transplant, transplantation, transplanting]
verb
Lift and reset in another soil or situation; "Transplant the young rice plants" [syn: transplant, transfer]
verb
Be transplantable; "These delicate plants do not transplant easily"
verb
Place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient [syn: transplant, graft]
verb
Definition of 'Transplant'
From: GCIDE
- Transplant \Trans*plant"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transplanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Transplanting.] [F. transplanter, L. transplantare; trans across, over + plantare to plant. See Plant.]
- 1. To remove, and plant in another place; as, to transplant trees. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To remove, and settle or establish for residence in another place; as, to transplant inhabitants. [1913 Webster]
- Being transplanted out of his cold, barren diocese of St. David into a warmer climate. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'transplant'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- amputation,
- anastomotic operation,
- assign,
- bed,
- bloodless operation,
- broadcast,
- capital operation,
- carry over,
- communicate,
- compensating operation,
- consign,
- corneal transplant,
- crescent operation,
- deliver,
- deport,
- dibble,
- diffuse,
- displace,
- disseminate,
- drill,
- elective operation,
- embedment,
- emergency operation,
- entrance,
- excision,
- expel,
- exploratory operation,
- export,
- extradite,
- fenestration operation,
- forest,
- graft,
- grafting,
- hand forward,
- hand on,
- hand over,
- heart transplant,
- impaction,
- impactment,
- impart,
- implant,
- implantation,
- import,
- infixion,
- infusion,
- injection,
- inoculation,
- inseminate,
- insertion,
- insinuation,
- interjection,
- interpolation,
- interval operation,
- introduction,
- intromission,
- kidney transplant,
- major operation,
- make over,
- metastasize,
- metathesize,
- minor operation,
- move,
- operation,
- organ transplant,
- organ transplantation,
- palliative operation,
- pass,
- pass on,
- pass over,
- pass the buck,
- penetration,
- perfuse,
- perfusion,
- plant,
- pot,
- put in,
- radical operation,
- reforest,
- relay,
- relocate,
- removal,
- remove,
- resection,
- reset,
- resettle,
- retimber,
- scatter seed,
- section,
- seed,
- seed down,
- seminate,
- set,
- shift,
- sow,
- sow broadcast,
- spread,
- surgical intervention,
- surgical operation,
- surgical technique,
- switch,
- tessellation,
- the knife,
- transfer,
- transfer property,
- transfuse,
- translate,
- translocate,
- transmit,
- transplace,
- transplantation,
- transpose,
- turn over,
- uproot