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transplant

trans·plant

transplant

 
parts of speech:
transitive verb, noun
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part of speech: transitive verb
pronunciation: traens plaent
inflections: transplants, transplanting, transplanted
definition 1: to uproot and replant in another place.
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similar words:
remove
definition 2: to move or resettle (people) in another place.
similar words:
remove
definition 3: to surgically remove body tissue or a body organ and reattach it elsewhere on the same body or, esp., as a replacement on another body.
similar words:
graft
Word Combinations  About this feature
adverb + (v.)transplant merely, newly, recently, successfully
(v.)transplant + adverb directly, easily, outdoors, outside, readily
(v.)transplant + nounHelp animal, donor, flower, fruit, garden, gardener, gene, human, nucleus, oyster, pilgrimage, plant, pot, rice, seedling, shrub, soil, tomato, tradition, tree
 
part of speech: noun
pronunciation: traens plaent
definition 1: the act or process of transplanting.
definition 2: something or someone that is transplanted.
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adjective + (n.)transplant artificial, bone-marrow, cadaveric, cardiac, corneal, double, eligible, experimental, fetal, human, lifesaving, living, nuclear, pancreatic, partial, pediatric, rare, reciprocal, renal, so-called, stem-cell, successful, surgical, umbilical, unlike, waiting  [See all][See only the most frequent]
verb + (n.)transplant await, benefit, harvest, perform, plant, receive, recover, reject, survive, undergo, wait
(n.)transplant + verb cure, pioneer, stem
noun + (n.)transplant Help baboon, blood, bone, brain, cadaver, cell, centre, chemotherapy, complication, cord, cornea, dialysis, fetus, heart, hospital, inch, islet, kidney, liver, lung, mantle, marrow, organ, pancreas, pig, radiation, replacement, seed, stem, survival, tissue, toe, transfusion, twin [See all][See only the most frequent]
derivations: transplantable (adj.), transplantation (n.), transplanter (n.)
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