transplant

To move an organ or body tissue into another person, or another part of the same person's body.

• Doctors can transplant a kidney.
• The surgeon transplanted skin onto the injured area.
• A donor's liver was transplanted into the child.

How to use it: transplant something into someone (The surgeons transplanted a healthy kidney into the patient.); transplant something from someone to someone (Doctors transplanted tissue from the donor to her brother.)

Similar words: graft

Common phrases: transplant a kidney, transplant an organ, transplant skin

To dig up a plant and put it into the ground somewhere else.

• We transplant seedlings in spring.
• He transplanted the tree into the garden.
• Can these flowers be transplanted safely?

How to use it: transplant something into something (We transplanted the seedlings into larger pots.); transplant something from somewhere to somewhere (She transplanted the roses from the front garden to the back.)

Similar words: replant

Common phrases: transplant seedlings, transplant a tree, transplant into something

An operation to move an organ or tissue into a body, or the organ or tissue moved.

• She needs a kidney transplant.
• The patient recovered well after the transplant.
• Doctors checked whether his body was rejecting the transplant.

Similar words: graft

Common phrases: heart transplant, kidney transplant, receive a transplant, transplant surgery

A plant moved to a new place, or the act of moving it there.

• Water each transplant after planting.
• The young transplants need protection from frost.
• The tree survived its transplant to the larger garden.

Common phrases: young transplant, seedling transplant, water a transplant