English
transplant
Pronunciation
Verb
  • (RP) enPR: tränzpläntʹ or trănzpläntʹ, IPA: /tɹɑːnzˈplɑːnt/, /tɹænzˈplɑːnt/
  • (America) enPR: trănzplăntʹ, IPA: /tɹænzˈplænt/
Noun
  • (RP) enPR: tränzʹplänt or trănzʹplänt, IPA: /ˈtɹɑːnzplɑːnt/, /ˈtɹænzplɑːnt/
  • (America) enPR: trănzʹplănt, IPA: /ˈtɹænzplænt/
Verb

transplant (transplants, present participle transplanting; past and past participle transplanted)

  1. (transitive) To uproot (a growing plant), and plant it in another place.
  2. (transitive) To remove (something) and establish its residence in another place; to resettle or relocate.
  3. (transitive, medicine) To transfer (tissue or an organ) from one body to another, or from one part of a body to another.
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transplant (plural transplants)

  1. An act of uprooting and moving (something).
  2. Anything that is transplanted.
  3. (medicine) An operation in which tissue or an organ is transplanted.
  4. (medicine) A transplanted organ or tissue.
  5. (US) Someone who is not native to their area of residence.
    • 2012, Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 29 Oct 2012:
      The Seigneur summoned the island's doctor, a young transplant from London named Peter Counsell, who determined that Mrs. Beaumont had suffered a stroke.
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