transplant
transplant Lexical Profile
transplant Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A surgical operation in which a living organ or tissue is removed from one body or body part and implanted into another, or the organ or tissue itself.
"After waiting for over a year on the donor list, the patient finally received a successful kidney transplant."
A young plant or seedling that has been uprooted and replanted in a new location, or the act of moving it.
"Keep the tomato transplants well watered during their first week in the outdoor garden bed."
A person or thing that has moved or been relocated from one place or environment to another.
"Although she is a transplant from the Midwest, she quickly adjusted to the fast pace of living in New York City."
• verb
To surgically transfer living tissue or an organ from one part of the body to another, or from one individual to another.
"The surgical team worked through the night to transplant the donor heart into the young patient."
To uproot a growing plant from one place and plant it in another.
"Spring is the best time to transplant rosebushes to a sunnier spot in the yard."
To move or transfer a person, group, or thing to a new place, context, or situation.
"The director decided to transplant the setting of the classic Shakespearean play to modern-day Tokyo."
Word Nuance & Usage
The word is a heteronym whose stress shifts by part of speech: as a noun it is stressed on the first syllable (TRANS-plant), whereas as a verb it is stressed on the second syllable (trans-PLANT).
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 15th century from Late Latin transplantare ('to plant again in a different place'), formed from Latin trans- ('across') and plantare ('to plant'). The surgical sense of transferring living tissue or organs emerged in the mid-18th century.