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   transplant

   verb

   • 1. move or transfer (someone or something) to another place or situation: "it was proposed to transplant the club to the vacant site" Similar transfertransportmoveremoveshiftconveydisplacerelocaterepositionresettletakecarryfetchbring
   • ▪ replant (a plant) in another place: "lift and transplant bulbs when they are becoming overcrowded" Similar replantrepotrelocateuproot
   • 2. take (living tissue or an organ) and implant it in another part of the body or in another body: "a kidney was transplanted from one identical twin to another" Similar grafttransferimplant

   noun

   • 1. an operation in which an organ or tissue is transplanted: "a heart transplant"
   • ▪ an organ or tissue which is transplanted: "a drug to prevent the body rejecting bone marrow transplants"
   • 2. a person or thing that has been moved to a new place or situation: "both old-time residents and new transplants have deep loyalty to their community"

   Word Origin late Middle English (as a verb describing the repositioning of a plant): from late Latin transplantare, from Latin trans- ‘across’ + plantare ‘to plant’. The noun, first in sense 2, dates from the mid 18th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. transplantable adjective
   • 2. transplanter noun

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