transplant

/tɹansplˈant/

/tɹænsˈpɫænt/

to transplant

MAIN VERB

to remove a plant from its original place and replant it somewhere else

synonyms : transfer

transfer from one place or period to another

synonyms : transfer

to surgically remove an organ from someone's body and put it in someone else's body

synonyms : graft

be transplantable

Transplant

the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location

relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle

synonyms : medial

a surgery in which an injured body part or organ is removed and is replaced with another person's

a tissue or organ that is removed from a body and put into another

synonyms : graft

Examples

1. She lived on borrowed time for years before finally receiving a heart transplant.

2. We transplanted a forest preschool to a school district in British Columbia.

3. Often people are transplants.

4. The gas bubble presses the transplant firmly onto the back of the cornea.