transplant

Universal Words verb, noun verb [VN] 1 ~ sth (from sb/sth) (into sb/sth) to take an organ, skin, etc. from one person, animal, part of the body, etc. and put it into or onto another: Surgeons have successfully transplanted a liver into a four-year-old boy. * Patients often reject transplanted organs. compareIMPLANT 2 to move a growing plant and plant it somewhere else 3 (formal) ~ sb/sth (from...) (to...) to move sb/sth to a different place or environment: Japanese production methods have been transplanted into some British factories. transplantation noun [U]: liver transplantation * the transplantation of entire communities overseas noun 1 [C,U] a medical operation in which a damaged organ, etc. is replaced with one from another person: to have a heart transplant * a transplant operation / patient * a shortage of suitable kidneys for transplant 2 [C] an organ, etc. that is used in a transplant operation: There is always a chance that the body will reject the transplant. compareIMPLANT