v. & n.
v.tr. 1 a plant in another place (transplanted the daffodils). b move to another place (whole nations were transplanted). 2 Surgery transfer (living tissue or an organ) and implant in another part of the body or in another body.
n. 1 Surgery a the transplanting of an organ or tissue. b such an organ etc. 2 a thing, esp. a plant, transplanted. transplantable adj. transplantation n. transplanter n.
[ ME f. LL transplantare (as TRANS-, PLANT) ]