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transpiratory |
transpire |
transpiring |
transplace |
transplacental |
transplant
| transplantable
| transplantation
| transplanter
| transplanting
| transplendency
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transplant
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun transplant has 3 senses
- transplant(n = noun.body) graft - (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient; Array is a kind of animal tissue
- transplant(n = noun.act) organ transplant, transplantation - an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient); "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" is a kind of operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process
- transplant(n = noun.act) transplantation, transplanting - the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location; "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" is a kind of movement
has particulars: autograft, autoplasty, allograft, homograft, heterograft, xenograft
Derived form verb transplant3
has particulars: corneal graft, corneal transplant, keratoplasty, xenotransplant, xenotransplantation
Derived form verb transplant3
Derived forms verb transplant1, verb transplant2
Verb transplant has 4 senses
- transplant(v = verb.motion) transfer - lift and reset in another soil or situation; "Transplant the young rice plants" is one way to displace
- transplant(v = verb.stative) Array - be transplantable; "These delicate plants do not transplant easily" is one way to be
- transplant(v = verb.contact) graft - place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient; Array is one way to enter, infix, insert, introduce
- transplant(v = verb.change) transfer, transpose - transfer from one place or period to another; "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America" is one way to shift
Derived forms noun transplant3, noun transplantation2, noun transplanter1, noun transplanting1
Sample sentences:
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Derived form noun transplant3
Sample sentence:
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Derived forms noun transplant2, noun transplant1, noun transplantation1
Sample sentences:
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Sample sentences:
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Somebody ----s somebody
CIDE DICTIONARY
transplant, v. t. [F. transplanter, L. transplantare; trans across, over + plantare to plant. See Plant.].
- To remove, and plant in another place; as, to transplant trees. Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- To remove, and settle or establish for residence in another place; as, to transplant inhabitants. [1913 Webster]"Being transplanted out of his cold, barren diocese of St. David into a warmer climate." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
transplant, v. & n.
--v.tr.
1 a plant in another place (transplanted the daffodils). b move to another place (whole nations were transplanted).
2 Surgery transfer (living tissue or an organ) and implant in another part of the body or in another body.
--n.
1 Surgery a the transplanting of an organ or tissue. b such an organ etc.
2 a thing, esp. a plant, transplanted.
--v.tr.
1 a plant in another place (transplanted the daffodils). b move to another place (whole nations were transplanted).
2 Surgery transfer (living tissue or an organ) and implant in another part of the body or in another body.
--n.
1 Surgery a the transplanting of an organ or tissue. b such an organ etc.
2 a thing, esp. a plant, transplanted.
Derivative
transplantable adj. transplantation n. transplanter n.
Etymology
ME f. LL transplantare (as TRANS-, PLANT)
THESAURUS
transplant
amputation, anastomotic operation, assign, bed, bloodless operation, broadcast, capital operation, carry over, communicate, compensating operation, consign, corneal transplant, crescent operation, deliver, deport, dibble, diffuse, displace, disseminate, drill, elective operation, embedment, emergency operation, entrance, excision, expel, exploratory operation, export, extradite, fenestration operation, forest, graft, grafting, hand forward, hand on, hand over, heart transplant, impaction, impactment, impart, implant, implantation, import, infixion, infusion, injection, inoculation, inseminate, insertion, insinuation, interjection, interpolation, interval operation, introduction, intromission, kidney transplant, major operation, make over, metastasize, metathesize, minor operation, move, operation, organ transplant, organ transplantation, palliative operation, pass, pass on, pass over, pass the buck, penetration, perfuse, perfusion, plant, pot, put in, radical operation, reforest, relay, relocate, removal, remove, resection, reset, resettle, retimber, scatter seed, section, seed, seed down, seminate, set, shift, sow, sow broadcast, spread, surgical intervention, surgical operation, surgical technique, switch, tessellation, the knife, transfer, transfer property, transfuse, translate, translocate, transmit, transplace, transplantation, transpose, turn over, uprootROGET THESAURUS
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Transference
VB transfer, transmit, transport, transplace, transplant, translocate, convey, carry, bear, fetch and carry, carry over, ferry over, hand pass, forward, shift, conduct, convoy, bring, fetch, reach, tote, port, import, export, send, delegate, consign, relegate, turn over to, deliver, ship, embark, waft, shunt, transpose, displace, throw, drag, mail, post, shovel, ladle, decant, draft off, transfuse, infuse, siphon.
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