Synonyms for transplant

Synonyms for (noun) transplant

Synonyms: transplant, transplantation, transplanting

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

Usage: 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

Similar words: movement

Definition: the act of changing the location of something

Usage: the movement of cargo onto the vessel


Synonyms: transplant, transplantation, organ transplant

Definition: an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient)

Usage: 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

Similar words: surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process, operation

Definition: a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body

Usage: they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available; he died while undergoing surgery


Synonyms: graft, transplant

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

Similar words: animal tissue

Definition: the tissue in the bodies of animals


Synonyms for (verb) transplant

Synonyms: transfer, transplant, transpose

Definition: transfer from one place or period to another

Usage: The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America

Similar words: shift

Definition: move from one setting or context to another

Usage: shift the emphasis; shift one's attention


Synonyms: graft, transplant

Definition: place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient

Similar words: enter, infix, insert, introduce

Definition: put or introduce into something

Usage: insert a picture into the text


Synonyms: transfer, transplant

Definition: lift and reset in another soil or situation

Usage: Transplant the young rice plants

Similar words: displace

Definition: cause to move, usually with force or pressure

Usage: the refugees were displaced by the war


Synonyms: transplant

Definition: be transplantable

Usage: These delicate plants do not transplant easily

Similar words: be

Definition: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)

Usage: John is rich; This is not a good answer


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