transplant

[ verb trans-plant, -plahnt; noun trans-plant, -plahnt ]

verb (used with object)

1. to remove (a plant) from one place and plant it in another.
2. Surgery. to transfer (an organ, tissue, etc.) from one part of the body to another or from one person or animal to another.
3. to move from one place to another.
4. to bring (a family, colony, etc.) from one country, region, etc., to another for settlement; relocate.

verb (used without object)

1. to undergo or accept transplanting:

   to transplant easily.

noun

1. the act or process of transplanting.
2. a plant, organ, person, etc., that has been transplanted.

transplant

verb

1. tr to remove or transfer (esp a plant) from one place to another
2. intr to be capable of being transplanted
3. surgery to transfer (an organ or tissue) from one part of the body to another or from one person or animal to another during a grafting or transplant operation

noun

1. surgery
   1. the procedure involved in such a transfer
   2. the organ or tissue transplanted

transplant

/ trăns′plănt′ /

1. A plant that has been uprooted and replanted.
2. A surgical procedure in a human or animal in which a body tissue or organ is transferred from a donor to a recipient or from one part of the body to another. Heart, lung, liver, kidney, corneal, and bone-marrow transplants are performed to treat life-threatening illness. Donated tissue must be histocompatible with that of the recipient to prevent immunological rejection.
3. See also graft

Derived Forms

• ˌtransplanˈtation, noun
• transˈplanter, noun
• transˈplantable, adjective

Other Words From

• trans·planta·ble adjective
• transplan·tation noun
• trans·planter noun
• retrans·plant verb (used with object)
• retrans·plan·tation noun
• untrans·planted adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of transplant¹

1400–50; late Middle English < Late Latin trānsplantāre, equivalent to Latin trāns- trans- + plantāre to plant

Example Sentences

An out-of-state transplant, the resident said he hadn’t voted and wasn’t sure he would do so.

From Los Angeles Times

The former Disney Channel child star revealed in 2017 that she had undergone a kidney transplant due to lupus nephritis, where the autoimmune disease lupus causes a person’s kidneys to fail.

From Los Angeles Times

I spotted plenty of signs for Republican candidates along the way, including Mark Robertson, the retired Army colonel trying once again to win the 1st Congressional District after failing to do so in the 2022 midterms, and Jeff Gunter, a Californian transplant who self-funded his unsuccessful run for the Republican Senate nomination.

From Slate

Cahir O’Hagan from Clonoe in County Tyrone was 25 years old when he died waiting on a double lung transplant.

From BBC

"The only other option for the '10 percenters' is a double lung transplant," he said.

From BBC

Related Words

• emigrate
• graft
• immigrate
• remove
• uproot