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TRANSPLANT

Definition:

[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
[noun] an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient); "he had a kidney transplant"
Synonyms: ation, organ
[noun] the act of uprooting and moving a plant to a new location; "the transplant was successful"; "too frequent transplanting is not good for plants"
Synonyms: ing, ation
[verb] lift and reset in another soil or situation; "Transplant the young rice plants"
Synonyms: transfer
[verb] be transplantable; "These delicate plants do not transplant easily"
[verb] place athe organ of a donor into the body of a recipient
Synonyms: graft
[verb] transfer from one place or period to another; "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America"
Synonyms: transfer, transpose