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   trans·plant

   verb

   • 1. move or transfer (something) to another place or situation, typically with some effort or upheaval: "his endeavor to transplant people from Russia to the Argentine" Similar transfertransportmoveremoveshiftconveydisplacerelocaterepositionresettletakecarryfetchbring
   • ▪ replant (a plant) in another place. Similar replantrepotrelocateuproot
   • ▪ remove (living tissue or an organ) and implant it in another part of the body or in another body. Similar grafttransferimplant

   noun

   • 1. an operation in which an organ or tissue is transplanted: "a heart transplant"
   • ▪ an organ or tissue that is transplanted.
   • ▪ a plant that has been or is to be transplanted.
   • ▪ a person or thing that has been moved to a new place or situation.

   Word Origin late Middle English (as a verb describing the repositioning of a plant): from late Latin transplantare, from Latin trans- ‘across’ + plantare ‘to plant’. The noun, first in sense 2, dates from the mid 18th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. transplantable adjective
   • 2. transplanter noun

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