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