trans·plant
ˌtran(t)s-ˈplant 
transplanted; transplanting; transplants
1
: to lift and reset (a plant) in another soil or situation
2
: to remove from one place or context and settle or introduce elsewhere : relocate
3
: to transfer (an organ or tissue) from one part or individual to another
: to tolerate being transplanted
does not transplant as well as other varieties
trans·plant
ˈtran(t)s-ˌplant
1
a
: a person or thing that is transplanted
b
: a manufacturing plant set up locally by a foreign automobile company to save on shipping costs
bumpers shipped to a Japanese transplant in the U.S.
2
: the act or process of transplanting
Examples of transplant in a Sentence
Verb
She carefully transplanted the seedlings.
The bush was transplanted to a different part of the garden.
Doctors transplanted one of his kidneys into his sister.
a recipient of a transplanted heart
The group transplanted the beavers to another part of the state.
She is a New Yorker who recently transplanted to the West Coast.
Noun
The heart transplant was successful.
He is going to need a liver transplant.
The doctors are trying to keep him alive until a liver can be found for transplant.
The patient's body rejected the transplant.
She received a bone marrow transplant from an unknown donor.
She's a Southern transplant who now lives in New York.
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Martin J. Kernan, Discover Magazine, 16 Nov. 2024
Young Chinese transplanting rice seedlings in a field.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2024
Lindsay Curtis, Health, 1 Nov. 2024
But others, like organ transplant surgeries, cannot.
—Deidre McPhillips, CNN, 29 Oct. 2024
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Verb
Since 2013, Hoskin has been transplanting armoured mist frogs from the surviving population into new, similarly sunny habitats and closely monitoring the health of these new colonies.
—Martin J. Kernan, Discover Magazine, 16 Nov. 2024
Young Chinese transplanting rice seedlings in a field.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2024
Noun
Complications are more likely to develop in people with a weakened immune system, such as those with cancer or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and organ transplant recipients.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 1 Nov. 2024
But others, like organ transplant surgeries, cannot.
—Deidre McPhillips, CNN, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Transplant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/transplant. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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transplant
1 of 2 verb
trans·plant
tran(t)s-ˈplant
1
: to dig up and plant in another soil or situation
transplant seedlings
2
: to remove from one place and settle or introduce elsewhere
transplanted beavers to other parts of the state
a New Yorker transplanted to the West coast
3
: to transfer (an organ or tissue) from one part or individual to another
transplant
2 of 2 noun
trans·plant
ˈtran(t)s-ˌplant
1
: something or someone transplanted
2
: the act or process of transplanting
Medical Definition
transplant
1 of 2 transitive verb
trans·plant
tran(t)s-ˈplant
: to transfer from one place to another
especially
: to transfer (an organ or tissue) from one part or individual to another
transplant
2 of 2 noun
trans·plant
ˈtran(t)s-ˌplant
1
: something (as an organ or part) that is transplanted
2
: the act or process of transplanting : transplantation
performed a kidney transplant
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