Meaning & use
transplant
To move a living organ, tissue, or plant from one place and establish it in another.
See it in a sentence
Surgeons worked through the night to transplant the donated kidney into the patient.
In early spring, gardeners transplant young seedlings from trays into the open ground.
A note on using this word
As a noun, a transplant refers to the organ, tissue, or person that has been moved, as in a heart transplant.
Words with a similar meaning
relocategraft
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Another way to use it
2. noun
An organ, tissue, or person that has been moved and established in a new place.
She has been healthy for ten years since her liver transplant.
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