transplant
trans plant
- n (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient
- n an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient)
he had a kidney transplant
the long-term results of cardiac transplantation are now excellent
a child had a multiple organ transplant two months ago - n the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location
the transplant did not flower until the second year
too frequent transplanting is not good for families
she returned to Alabama because she could not bear transplantation - v lift and reset in another soil or situation
- v be transplantable
These delicate plants do not transplant easily - v place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient
- v transfer from one place or period to another
The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America
- Theodor K o p p a n y i, experimental physiologist in the University of Chicago, has just made public the results of attempts to transplant the mysterious organ known as the .
- PTI science writer Christine Gorman explains why talk of a pending face transplant operation is probably premature.
- French doctors complete the world's first face transplant.