TRANSPLANT


Meaning of TRANSPLANT in English

The noun is pronounced /trænsplɑ:nt, -plænt/. The verb is pronounced /trænsplɑ:nt, -plænt/.

( transplanted)

1.

A transplant is a medical operation in which a part of a person’s body is replaced because it is diseased.

He was recovering from a heart transplant operation.

...the controversy over the sale of human organs for transplant.

N-VAR

2.

If doctors transplant an organ such as a heart or a kidney, they use it to replace a patient’s diseased organ.

The operation to transplant a kidney is now fairly routine.

...transplanted organs such as hearts and kidneys.

VERB : V n , V-ed

• trans‧plan‧ta‧tion

...a shortage of kidneys for transplantation...

N-UNCOUNT : usu with supp

3.

To transplant someone or something means to move them to a different place.

Marriage had transplanted Rebecca from London to Manchester...

Farmers will be able to seed it directly, rather than having to transplant seedlings.

VERB : V n from/to/into n , V n

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