Definition as Noun

• (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient
• an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient)
• the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location

Definition as Verb

• be transplantable
• place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient
• lift and reset in another soil or situation
• transfer from one place or period to another

• graft

• transplantation, organ transplant

• transplantation, transplanting

• graft

• transfer

• transfer, transpose

• "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"

• "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"

• "These delicate plants do not transplant easily"

• "transplant the young rice plants"

• "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America"

• Transplant vs graft
• Transplant vs transplantation
• Transplant vs organ transplant
• Transplant vs transplanting
• Transplant vs transfer
• Transplant vs transpose