Main entry: 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
Main entry: 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
Main entry: 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
Main entry: transfer, transplant, transpose
Definition: transfer from one place or period to another
Usage: The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America
Main entry: graft, transplant
Definition: place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient
Main entry: transfer, transplant
Definition: lift and reset in another soil or situation
Usage: Transplant the young rice plants
Main entry: transplant
Definition: be transplantable
Usage: These delicate plants do not transplant easily