transplant

Pronunciation

Verb

• (US) enPR: trănzplăntʹ, IPA ^(key): /trænzˈplænt/
• (UK) enPR: tränzpläntʹ or trănzpläntʹ, IPA ^(key): /trɑːnzˈplɑːnt/ or /trænzˈplɑːnt/

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Noun

• (US) enPR: trănzʹplănt, IPA ^(key): /ˈtrænzplænt/
• (UK) enPR: tränzʹplänt or trănzʹplänt, IPA ^(key): /ˈtrɑːnzplɑːnt/ or /ˈtrænzplɑːnt/

• Audio (UK)

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Noun

Singular transplant

Plural transplants

1. (countable) A transplant is when a plant is removed and moved somewhere else.
2. (countable) (medicine) A transplant is a type of surgery in which an organ or a tissue is moved from one body to another, or one part of the body to another.

   The patient received a successful heart transplant yesterday.

Verb

Plain form transplant

Third-person singular transplants

Past tense transplanted

Past participle transplanted

Present participle transplanting

1. (transitive) If a plant is transplanted, it is removed and moved somewhere else.
2. (transitive) If an organ or tissue is transplanted, it is moved from one body to another, or one part of the body to another.