Meaning & use

transplanted

adjective·Academic

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.

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Often used for organs in medicine, seedlings in gardening, and people who have relocated and settled in a new place.

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