Transplant - Definition

n 1: (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a
recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and
recipient [syn: graft, transplant]
2: 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" [syn: transplant, transplantation, organ
transplant]
3: 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" [syn: transplant,
transplantation, transplanting]
v 1: lift and reset in another soil or situation; "Transplant
the young rice plants" [syn: transplant, transfer]
2: be transplantable; "These delicate plants do not transplant
easily"
3: place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient [syn:
transplant, graft]
4: transfer from one place or period to another; "The ancient
Greek story was transplanted into Modern America" [syn:
transfer, transpose, transplant]