v., -plant·ed, -plant·ing, -plants. v.tr.
- To uproot and replant (a growing plant).
- To transfer from one place or residence to another; resettle or relocate.
- Medicine. To transfer (tissue or an organ) from one body or body part to another.
To be capable of undergoing transplantation.
n. (trăns'plănt')
- The act or process of transplanting.
- Something transplanted.
- Medicine. An operation in which tissue or an organ is transplanted: undergo a heart transplant; surgical transplant of a cornea.
[Middle English transplaunten, from Old French transplanter, from Late Latin trānsplantāre : Latin trāns, trans- + Latin plantāre, to plant.]
transplantable trans·plant'a·ble adj.transplantation trans'plan·ta'tion n.
transplanter trans·plant'er n.
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