TRANSPLANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does transplant mean? 

• TRANSPLANT (noun)
  The noun TRANSPLANT has 3 senses:

1. (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient

2. an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient)

3. the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location

  Familiarity information: TRANSPLANT used as a noun is uncommon.

• TRANSPLANT (verb)
  The verb TRANSPLANT has 4 senses:

1. lift and reset in another soil or situation

2. be transplantable

3. place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient

4. transfer from one place or period to another

  Familiarity information: TRANSPLANT used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRANSPLANT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

graft; transplant

Hypernyms ("transplant" is a kind of...):

animal tissue (the tissue in the bodies of animals)

Domain category:

surgery (the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "transplant"):

autograft; autoplasty (tissue that is taken from one site and grafted to another site on the same person)

allograft; homograft (tissue or organ transplanted from a donor of the same species but different genetic makeup; recipient's immune system must be suppressed to prevent rejection of the graft)

heterograft; xenograft (tissue from an animal of one species used as a temporary graft (as in cases of severe burns) on an individual of another species)

Derivation:

transplant (place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

organ transplant; transplant; transplantation

Context example:

a child had a multiple organ transplant two months ago

Hypernyms ("transplant" is a kind of...):

operation; surgery; surgical operation; surgical procedure; surgical process (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "transplant"):

corneal graft; corneal transplant; keratoplasty (a surgical procedure in which part or all of a damaged or diseased cornea is replaced by healthy corneal tissue from a donor)

xenotransplant; xenotransplantation (a surgical procedure in which tissue or whole organs are transfered from one species to another species)

Derivation:

transplant (place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

transplant; transplantation; transplanting

Context example:

she returned to Alabama because she could not bear transplantation

Hypernyms ("transplant" is a kind of...):

movement (the act of changing the location of something)

Derivation:

transplant (lift and reset in another soil or situation)

transplant (be transplantable)

• TRANSPLANT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they transplant    ... he / she / it transplants   
Past simple: transplanted   
Past participle: transplanted   
-ing form: transplanting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lift and reset in another soil or situation

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

transfer; transplant

Context example:

Transplant the young rice plants

Hypernyms (to "transplant" is one way to...):

displace (cause to move, usually with force or pressure)

Verb group:

transplant (be transplantable)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

transplant; transplantation (the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location)

transplanter (a gardener who moves plants to new locations)

transplanting (the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Be transplantable

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

These delicate plants do not transplant easily

Hypernyms (to "transplant" is one way to...):

be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))

Verb group:

transfer; transplant (lift and reset in another soil or situation)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

transplant (the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

graft; transplant

Hypernyms (to "transplant" is one way to...):

enter; infix; insert; introduce (put or introduce into something)

"Transplant" entails doing...:

move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

transplant (an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient))

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

transplantation (an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient))

Sense 4

Meaning:

Transfer from one place or period to another

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

transfer; transplant; transpose

Context example:

The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America

Hypernyms (to "transplant" is one way to...):

shift (move from one setting or context to another)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

 Context examples 

Animals with transplanted human cancers or other tissues are called xenograft models.

(Animal model, NCI Dictionary)

It affects people who have immune system problems, such as people who have had a transplant, are taking high doses of steroids, or getting chemotherapy for some cancers.

(Aspergillosis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

It is the most common reason for liver transplants in children in the United States.

(Bile Duct Diseases, NIH)

Whenever you are transplanted, like me, Miss Woodhouse, you will understand how very delightful it is to meet with any thing at all like what one has left behind.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

The MMA mice also allowed them to study the response to liver-directed gene therapy and to compare the findings in patients after liver transplant surgery.

(Elevated hormone flags liver problems in mice with methylmalonic acidemia, National Institutes of Health)

In the PIDTC study, 97 percent of infants who received transplants from HLA-matched siblings survived at least five years.

(Early treatment benefits infants with severe combined immunodeficiency, NIH)

T cells grown in the presence of extra potassium and transplanted into mice shrank primary and metastatic melanoma tumors better than T cells grown in normal levels of potassium.

(Harnessing T-cell “stemness” could enhance cancer immunotherapy, National Institutes of Health)

It is done before a bone marrow or blood stem cell transplant to kill cancer cells and bone marrow cells.

(Bone marrow ablation, NCI Dictionary)

It includes two variants: monomorphic B-cell and monomorphic T/NL cell post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders.

(Monomorphic Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

The organs that can be transplanted include: • Heart • Intestine • Kidney • Liver • Lung • Pancreas

(Organ Transplantation, NIH)