transplant
Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Legal, Financial, Acronyms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.
trans·plant
(trăns-plănt′)v. trans·plant·ed, trans·plant·ing, trans·plants
v.tr.
1. To uproot and replant (a growing plant).
2. To transfer from one place or residence to another; resettle or relocate: residents were transplanted to the suburbs during the massive reconstruction project.
3. Medicine To transfer (tissue, a body structure, or an organ) from one body to another body or from one part of a body to another part.
v.intr.
To be capable of being transplanted: plants that transplant well.
n. (trăns′plănt′)
1.
a. The act or process of transplanting something.
b. Medicine An operation in which an organ, body part, or other tissue is transplanted: a corneal transplant.
2. Something that is transplanted, especially:
a. A plant that has been uprooted and replanted in another place.
b. Medicine An organ, body part, or other tissue that has been transplanted, as from one person to another.
3. A person who has resettled in a different place.
[Middle English transplaunten, from Old French transplanter, from Late Latin trānsplantāre : Latin trāns, trans- + Latin plantāre, to plant; see plat- in Indo-European roots.]
trans·plant′a·ble adj.
trans′plan·ta′tion n.
trans·plant′er n.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
transplant
vb
1. (Botany) (tr) to remove or transfer (esp a plant) from one place to another
2. (intr) to be capable of being transplanted
3. (Surgery) 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
n
(Surgery) surgery
a. the procedure involved in such a transfer
b. the organ or tissue transplanted
transˈplantable adj
ˌtransplanˈtation n
transˈplanter n
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
trans•plant
(v. trænsˈplænt, -ˈplɑnt; n. ˈtrænsˌplænt, -ˌplɑnt)v.t.
1. to remove (a plant) from one place and plant it in another.
2. 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 from one country, region, etc., to another for settlement; relocate.
v.i. 5. to undergo or accept transplanting.
n. 6. the act or process of transplanting.
7. a plant, organ, person, etc., that has been transplanted.
trans•plant′a•ble, adj.
trans`plan•ta′tion, n.
trans•plant′er, n.
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
trans·plant
(trăns′plănt′)Noun
1. A plant that has been uprooted and replanted.
2. An organ or tissue of the body that has been transferred from one person or body part to another.
Verb (trăns-plănt′)
1. To uproot and replant a growing plant.
2. To transfer tissue or an organ from one body or body part to another.
The American Heritage® Student Science Dictionary, Second Edition. Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
transplant
Past participle: transplanted
Gerund: transplanting
| Imperative |
|---|
| transplant |
| transplant |
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Switch to new thesaurus
| Noun | 1. |  transplant - (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipientanimal tissue - the tissue in the bodies of animals autoplasty - tissue that is taken from one site and grafted to another site on the same person; "skin from his thigh replaced the burned skin on his arms" allograft, homograft - tissue or organ transplanted from a donor of the same species but different genetic makeup; recipient's immune system must be suppressed to prevent rejection of the graft heterograft, xenograft - tissue from an animal of one species used as a temporary graft (as in cases of severe burns) on an individual of another species surgery - the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures; "he is professor of surgery at the Harvard Medical School" |
| 2. |  transplant - 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"surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process, surgery, operation - a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery" corneal graft, corneal transplant, keratoplasty - a surgical procedure in which part or all of a damaged or diseased cornea is replaced by healthy corneal tissue from a donor xenotransplant, xenotransplantation - a surgical procedure in which tissue or whole organs are transfered from one species to another species | |
| 3. |  transplant - 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"movement - the act of changing the location of something; "the movement of cargo onto the vessel" | |
| Verb | 1. |  transplant - lift and reset in another soil or situation; "Transplant the young rice plants"displace - cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war" transplant - be transplantable; "These delicate plants do not transplant easily" |
| 2. |  transplant - be transplantable; "These delicate plants do not transplant easily"transplant, transfer - lift and reset in another soil or situation; "Transplant the young rice plants" be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" | |
| 3. | transplant - place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient | |
| 4. |  transplant - transfer from one place or period to another; "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America"shift - move from one setting or context to another; "shift the emphasis"; "shift one's attention" |
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
transplant
verb
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
Translations
زَرْعُ الَأعْضَاءعُضْو مَزروععَمَلِيَّة زَرْع أعْضاءيُزْرِعُ في مكانٍ آخر
transplantacetransplantáttransplantovatpřesadit
transplantationtransplantereomplante
elinsiirto
presađivanje
átültetátültetett szervszervátültetés
græîaí-/ágræîsla, líffæraflutningurumplanta
移植
이식
persodintas organas/audinys/augalastransplantacija
pārstādīšanapārstādīttransplantācijatransplantāts
transplantácia
presadekpresaditi
transplantation
การปลูกถ่ายอวัยวะ
çıkarıp başka yere dikmekdoku aşılamaknakledilmiş organorgan nakletmeorgan nakletmek
sự cấy ghép
transplant
A. [trænsˈplɑːnt] VT (Bot, Med) → trasplantar
B. [ˈtrænsplɑːnt] N (Med) → trasplante m
she had a heart transplant → le hicieron un trasplante de corazón
she had a heart transplant → le hicieron un trasplante de corazón
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
transplant
[trænsˈplɑːnt] [ˈtrænsplɑːnt] n
[heart, kidney] → transplantation f heart transplant, kidney transplant
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
transplant
vt
(Hort) → umpflanzen, umsetzen, verpflanzen
(Med) → verpflanzen, transplantieren (spec)
(fig) people → verpflanzen; his wealth transplanted him into a new world → sein Reichtum versetzte ihn in eine neue Welt
n (= operation) → Verpflanzung f, → Transplantation f; (= organ) → Transplantat nt, → transplantiertes or verpflanztes Organ; to have a transplant → sich einer Organverpflanzung unterziehen; transplant medicine → Transplantationsmedizin f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
transplant
(trӕnsˈplaːnt) verb1. to remove (an organ of the body) and put it into another person or animal. Doctors are able to transplant kidneys.
2. to remove (skin) and put it on another part of the body.
3. to plant in another place. We transplanted the rose-bush (into the back garden).
(ˈtransplaːnt) noun1. an operation in which an organ or skin is transplanted. He had to have a kidney transplant.
2. an organ, skin, or a plant that is transplanted. The transplant was rejected by the surrounding tissue.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
transplant
→ زَرْعُ الَأعْضَاء transplantace transplantation Transplantation μεταμόσχευση trasplante elinsiirto greffe presađivanje trapianto 移植 이식 transplantatie transplantasjon przeszczep transplante пересадка органа или ткани transplantation การปลูกถ่ายอวัยวะ transplantasyon sự cấy ghép 移植Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
trans·plant
n. trasplante.
1. acto de transferir un órgano o tejido de un donante a un recipiente, o de una parte del cuerpo a otra para sustituir una parte enferma o restituir un órgano a su función normal;
2. parte artificial o natural que se usa como reemplazo;
v. transplantar.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
transplant
n trasplante m; bone marrow — trasplante de médula ósea; hair — trasplante capilar or de pelo; heart — trasplante cardíaco or de corazón; kidney — trasplante renal or de riñón; liver — trasplante hepático or de hígado; lung — trasplante pulmonar or de pulmón; organ — trasplante de órgano( s); renal — trasplante renal or de riñón; vt trasplantarEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.