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
    

• 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
    

• (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient

Verb

• transfer from one place or period to another
  • The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America
    

• place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient

• be transplantable
  • These delicate plants do not transplant easily
    

• lift and reset in another soil or situation
  • Transplant the young rice plants
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  transplantation , transplanting , organ transplant , graft , transfer , transpose