transplant
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation 1
- (RP) enPR: tränzpläntʹ or trănzpläntʹ, IPA: /trɑːnzˈplɑːnt/, /trænzˈplɑːnt/, SAMPA: /trA:nz"plA:nt/, /tr{nz"plA:nt/
- (US) enPR: trănzplăntʹ, IPA: /trænzˈplænt/, SAMPA: /tr{nz"pl{nt/
- Rhymes: -ɑːnt
[edit] Verb
transplant (third-person singular simple present transplants, present participle transplanting, simple past and past participle transplanted)
- (transitive) To uproot (a growing plant), and plant it in another place.
- (transitive) To remove (something) and establish its residence in another place; to resettle or relocate.
- (transitive, medicine) To transfer (tissue or an organ) from one body to another, or from one part of a body to another.
[edit] Translations
uproot and replant (a plant)
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resettle or relocate (something)
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medicine: transfer (tissue/organ)
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[edit] Pronunciation 2
- (RP) enPR: tränzʹplänt or trănzʹplänt, IPA: /ˈtrɑːnzplɑːnt/, /ˈtrænzplɑːnt/, SAMPA: /"trA:nzplA:nt/, /"tr{nzplA:nt/
- (US) enPR: trănzʹplănt, IPA: /ˈtrænzplænt/, SAMPA: /"tr{nzpl{nt/
[edit] Noun
transplant (plural transplants)
- An act of uprooting and moving (something).
- Anything that is transplanted.
- (medicine) An operation in which tissue or an organ is transplanted.
- (medicine) A transplanted organ or tissue.
[edit] Translations
act of uproting and moving
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thing transplanted
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medicine: operation
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medicine: organ/tissue transplanted
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