—v.tr.
1 a plant in another place (transplanted the daffodils). b move to another place (whole nations were transplanted).
2 Surgery transfer (living tissue or an organ) and implant in another part of the body or in another body.
—n.
1 Surgery a the transplanting of an organ or tissue. b such an organ etc.
2 a thing, esp. a plant, transplanted.
Derivatives:
transplantable adj. transplantation n. transplanter n.
Etymology: ME f. LL transplantare (as TRANS-, PLANT)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.