Meaning & use
transplanted
Moved from its original place and reestablished elsewhere, as an organ, plant, or person.
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The transplanted kidney began functioning normally within a week of the surgery.
As a transplanted New Yorker, she still missed the subway after years in Texas.
A note on using this word
Often used for organs in medicine, seedlings in gardening, and people who have relocated and settled in a new place.
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