transplant

transplant /trans·plant/ (trans´plant)

1. graft: an organ or tissue taken from the body for grafting into another area of the same body or into another individual.

2. the process of removing and grafting such an organ or tissue.

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transplant /trans·plant/ (trans-plant´) to transfer tissue from one part to another.

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trans·plant (trns-plnt)

v.

To transfer a tissue or an organ from one body or body part to another.

n. (trnsplnt)

1. The act or process of transplanting.

2. The tissue or organ so used.

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transplant,

v 1. to remove and plant in another place, as from one body or part of a body to another.
n 2. implantation of living or nonliving tissue or bone into another part of the body; it then serves as a scaffold in the healing process and is progressively resorbed and replaced by newly formed bone.
v 3. to move a tooth or tissue from one site to another, often but not always autogenously.

transplantation, allogenic bone marrow

n the transfer of healthy bone marrow taken from a sibling in order to stimulate normal blood cell production.

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transplant

1. an organ or tissue taken from the body and grafted into another area of the same individual or another individual.

2. to transfer tissue from one part to another or from one individual to another.

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ovum transplant

see ovum transplant.

transplant rejection

see rejection.

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transplant noun 1. Any organ or tissue that has been transplanted. See Corneal transplant, Domino liver transplant, Fetal mesencephalic tissue transplant, Laryngeal nerve transplant, Solid organ transplant 2. The process of transplanting an organ or tissue; transplantation verb To transplant an organ or tissue