transplant

  1. Verb.  (transitive) To uproot (a growing plant), and plant it in another place.
  2. Verb.  (transitive) To remove (something) and establish its residence in another place; to resettle or relocate.
  3. Verb.  (transitive, medicine) To transfer (tissue or an organ) from one body to another, or from one part of a body to another.
  4. Noun.  An act of uprooting and moving (something).
  5. Noun.  Anything that is transplanted.
  6. Noun.  (medicine) An operation in which tissue or an organ is transplanted.
  7. Noun.  (medicine) A transplanted organ or tissue.

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