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Definition of “transplant”

transplant

Definitions

verb

 (trænsˈplɑːnt Pronunciation for
  1. tr to remove or transfer (esp a plant) from one place to another
  2. intr to be capable of being transplanted
  3. (surgery) to transfer (an organ or tissue) from one part of the body to another or from one person or animal to another during a grafting or transplant operation

noun

 (ˈtrænsˌplɑːnt Pronunciation for
  1. (surgery)
    1. the procedure involved in such a transfer
    2. the organ or tissue transplanted

Derived Forms

transˈplantable adjective
ˌtransplanˈtation noun
transˈplanter noun

Translations for 'transplant'

  • British English: transplantPronunciation for transplant A transplant is a surgical operation in which a part of a person's body is replaced because it is diseased....a heart transplant.ˈtrænsˌplɑːnt NOUN
  • Arabic: زَرْعُ الَأعْضَاءPronunciation for زَرْعُ الَأعْضَاء
  • Brazilian Portuguese: transplantePronunciation for transplante
  • Chinese: 移植Pronunciation for 移植
  • Croatian: presađivanjePronunciation for presađivanje
  • Czech: transplantacePronunciation for transplantace
  • Danish: transplantationPronunciation for transplantation
  • Dutch: transplantatiePronunciation for transplantatie
  • European Spanish: trasplantePronunciation for trasplante
  • Finnish: elinsiirtoPronunciation for elinsiirto
  • French: greffePronunciation for greffe
  • German: TransplantationPronunciation for Transplantation
  • Greek: μεταμόσχευσηPronunciation for μεταμόσχευση
  • Italian: trapiantoPronunciation for trapianto
  • Japanese: 移植Pronunciation for 移植
  • Korean: 이식Pronunciation for 이식
  • Norwegian: transplantasjonPronunciation for transplantasjon
  • Polish: przeszczepPronunciation for przeszczep
  • Portuguese: transplantePronunciation for transplante
  • Romanian: transplant transplanturi
  • Russian: пересадка органа или тканиPronunciation for пересадка органа или ткани
  • Spanish: trasplantePronunciation for trasplante
  • Swedish: transplantationPronunciation for transplantation
  • Thai: การปลูกถ่ายอวัยวะPronunciation for การปลูกถ่ายอวัยวะ
  • Turkish: transplantasyonPronunciation for transplantasyondoku/organ
  • Ukrainian: трансплантат
  • Vietnamese: sự cấy ghépPronunciation for sự cấy ghép
  • British English: transplant If doctors transplant an organ such as a heart or a kidney, they use it to replace a patient's diseased organ. VERBThe operation to transplant a kidney is now fairly routine.
  • Brazilian Portuguese: transplantar
  • Chinese: 移植移植植
  • European Spanish: transplantar
  • French: transplanter
  • German: verpflanzen
  • Italian: trapiantare
  • Japanese: 臓器移植をする
  • Korean: 이식하다
  • Portuguese: transplantar
  • Spanish: transplantar

Example Sentences Including 'transplant'

But after receiving a liver transplant you would have thought he had learned his lesson.
Liverpool Daily Post and Echo (2003)
Dear Rose, My three-year-old daughter Daisy needs a heart and lung transplant --- she's been desperately ill since the day she was born.
Isabel Wolff RESCUING ROSE (2002)
Here is another example of how British-style government does not neatly transplant.
Wilson, Dick Hong Kong! Hong Kong!
In a last-ditch effort to save him, he was given a bone marrow transplant.
Stewart, Michael Grace
Maggie, unless Jett has had a personality transplant , he'll be up watching videos and listening to music till three or four o'clock.
Val McDermid DEAD BEAT (2002)
Teigan has been diagnosed with the rare blood condition, aplastic anaemia, and may need a bone marrow transplant to survive.
Liverpool Daily Post and Echo (2003)
The following spring, the family travelled to Calgary, where Conor received a bone marrow transplant using marrow from Aidan.
canada.com (2004)
This was the first time males of any species had fathered live offspring after such a transplant - offering hope to infertile men.
New Scientist (2003)
With regard to the costs of a liver transplant , Mr Gallagher said the board would claim that such costs would be met by the State.
Irish Times (2002)

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