Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - transplant

(transplanted) 1. A transplant is a medical operation in which a part of a person’s body is replaced because it is diseased. He was recovering from a heart transplant operation. ...the controversy over the sale of human organs for transplant. N-VAR 2. If doctors transplant an organ such as a heart or a kidney, they use it to replace a patient’s diseased organ. The operation to transplant a kidney is now fairly routine. ...transplanted organs such as hearts and kidneys. VERB: V n, V-ed • transplantation ...a shortage of kidneys for transplantation... N-UNCOUNT: usu with supp 3. To transplant someone or something means to move them to a different place. Marriage had transplanted Rebecca from London to Manchester... Farmers will be able to seed it directly, rather than having to transplant seedlings. VERB: V n from/to/into n, V n