transplant has definitions from the fields of medicine,surgery,anatomy,zoology
1
[ verb ] lift and reset in another soil or situation

Synonyms

transfer

Examples

"Transplant the young rice plants"

Used in print

(Organic Gardening and Farming,...)

Every time you transplant a pansy you cause its flowers to become smaller .

The moral is : do n't transplant it any oftener than you must .

2
[ noun ] (medicine,surgery) an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient)

Examples

"he had a kidney transplant"

3
[ verb ] transfer from one place or period to another

Synonyms

transpose transfer

Examples

"The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America"

Related terms

shift

4
[ verb ] (surgery) be transplantable

Synonyms

graft

Examples

"These delicate plants do not transplant easily"

Related terms

be insert graft move

5
[ noun ] (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient

Synonyms

graft

6
[ noun ] the act of uprooting and moving a plant to a new location

Examples

"the transplant was successful" "too frequent transplanting is not good for plants"

Related terms

movement

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