transplant
(Informal)
[verb]
Synonyms: transfer, displace, relocate, remove, resettle, shift, uproot

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English Thesaurus: operation, procedure, transplant, surgery, plastic surgery, ...

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I. trans‧plant¹ /trænsˈplɑːnt $ -ˈplænt/ verb [transitive]
[Word Family: noun: plant, transplant, transplantation, plantation, planter; verb: plant, transplant]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Late Latin; Origin: transplantare, from Latin plantare 'to plant']

1. to move an organ, piece of skin etc from one person’s body and put it into another as a form of medical treatment

2. to move a plant from one place and plant it in another place

3. formal to move something or someone from one place to another
—transplantation /ˌtrænsplɑːnˈteɪʃən $ -plæn-/ noun [uncountable]

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II. trans‧plant² /ˈtrænsplɑːnt $ -plænt/ noun
[Word Family: noun: plant, transplant, transplantation, plantation, planter; verb: plant, transplant]

1. [uncountable and countable] the operation of transplanting an organ, piece of skin etc ⇒ implant:
heart transplant surgery
a bone marrow transplant

2. [countable] the organ, piece of skin etc that is moved in a transplant operation ⇒ implant

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transplant
noun
ADJ. bone-marrow, heart, heart-lung, kidney, liver, etc. | double, multi-organ, multiple
VERB + TRANSPLANT have, undergo She will have to have a heart-lung transplant within 48 hours.
carry out, do, perform | reject It is likely that such a transplant will be rejected in older people.
TRANSPLANT + NOUN operation, surgery | surgeon | team | centre, unit | donor A suitable transplant donor has been found.
candidate, patient, recipient
PREP. for ~ a shortage of kidneys for transplant

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transplant
verb
ADV. successfully
PREP. from, into Organs are transplanted from donors into patients who need them.
to The Dutch successfully transplanted trees to the East Indies.

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operation noun [countable] the process of cutting into someone’s body to repair or remove a part that is damaged:
He had an operation to remove a blood clot from his brain.
procedure noun [countable] an operation performed in a particular way on a particular part of the body. Procedure is used especially in medical English, for example by doctors and people who work in hospitals. In everyday English people usually say operation:
a common surgical procedure
The procedure normally only takes a few minutes.
transplant noun [countable] an operation to remove an organ from one person’s body and put it into another person’s body:
There is a shortage of donors for heart transplants.
She had to have a kidney transplant.
surgery noun [uncountable] medical treatment involving an operation:
She required surgery on her right knee.
He was taken in for surgery.
plastic surgery noun [uncountable] surgery to improve someone’s appearance:
The singer has just had plastic surgery on her nose.
bypass noun [countable] an operation to make someone’s blood flow past a part of their heart that is blocked or damaged, often using a vein that has been removed from another part of their body:
He went into hospital for a triple heart bypass.
skin graft an operation to repair an area of skin that has been badly damaged, especially using skin from another part of someone’s body:
Her leg was severely burned and may require a skin graft.

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