transplant
- 01 B2 Upper Intermediate
n.a medical operation where a healthy organ or piece of tissue is put into a patient's body.
n.a surgical procedure in which an organ or tissue is removed from one body and placed into another, or moved within the same body.
Simple“The patient is recovering well after her kidney transplant last week.”
In context“Advances in immunosuppressant drugs have significantly increased the success rate of heart transplant procedures over the last decade.”
UsageOften used as a compound noun, such as 'liver transplant' or 'organ transplant'.
Synonyms - 02 B2 Upper Intermediate
n.a plant that has been moved from one place to another.
n.a botanical specimen that has been uprooted and replanted in a different location.
Simple“These small transplants need plenty of water until their roots grow strong.”
In context“The gardener carefully monitored the vegetable transplants to ensure they survived the sudden drop in overnight temperature.”
Synonymsseedlingreplant - 03 C1 Advanced
n.someone who has moved from their original home to live in a new city or area.
n.an individual who has relocated to a new region or city and is not a native of that area.
Simple“As a New York transplant living in California, he still misses the cold winters.”
In context“The city's population is a diverse mix of lifelong residents and recent transplants attracted by the booming tech industry.”
Teacher's tipThis sense is common in North American cities with high migration; it is rarely used in formal academic writing.
- 04 B2 Upper Intermediate
v.to move a plant to a new pot or garden, or to move an organ into a patient.
v.to transfer tissue, an organ, or a plant from one location or body to another.
Simple“We need to transplant these flowers into a bigger pot before they die.”
In context“Surgeons worked for twelve hours to transplant the donor liver into the waiting recipient.”
From Middle English transplaunten, from Old French transplanter, from Late Latin transplantare, equivalent to trans- + plant.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.