TRANSPLANT: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for TRANSPLANT?

Need another word that means the same as “transplant”? Find 23 synonyms and 30 related words for “transplant” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Transplant” are: transfer, transpose, graft, transport, move, remove, shift, convey, displace, relocate, reposition, resettle, take, carry, fetch, bring, replant, repot, implant, organ transplant, transplantation, transplanting

Transplant as a Noun

Definitions of "Transplant" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “transplant” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A person or thing that has been moved to a new place or situation.
• (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient.
• An operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient.
• An operation in which an organ or tissue is transplanted.
• Tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient.
• The act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location.
• An organ or tissue which is transplanted.

Synonyms of "Transplant" as a noun (4 Words)

graft	An instance of grafting a shoot or twig on to a living plant.
organ transplant	A periodical that is published by a special interest group.
transplantation	An operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient. The long term results of cardiac transplantation are now excellent.
transplanting	An operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient. Too frequent transplanting is not good for families.

Usage Examples of "Transplant" as a noun

• The trees were bare-rooted transplants.
• The long-term results of cardiac transplantation are now excellent.
• She returned to Alabama because she could not bear transplantation.
• Too frequent transplanting is not good for families.
• A child had a multiple organ transplant two months ago.
• A drug to prevent the body rejecting bone marrow transplants.
• He had a kidney transplant.
• A heart transplant.
• The transplant did not flower until the second year.
• Kidneys available for transplant.
• Both old-time residents and new transplants have deep loyalty to their community.

Transplant as a Verb

Definitions of "Transplant" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “transplant” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Replant (a plant) in another place.
• Move or transfer (someone or something) to another place or situation.
• Transfer from one place or period to another.
• Lift and reset in another soil or situation.
• Be transplantable.
• Place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient.
• Take (living tissue or an organ) and implant it in another part of the body or in another body.

Synonyms of "Transplant" as a verb (19 Words)

bring	Go or come after and bring or take back. Could you bring the wine.
carry	Have or possess something abstract. He could not carry the cabinet.
convey	(of information) make known; pass on. It s impossible to convey how lost I felt.
displace	Remove (someone) from a job or position of authority. His aides were discredited and displaced.
fetch	Take a (breath); heave (a sigh). She fetched me a cup of tea.
graft	Insert a graft on a trunk or stem. Graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree.
implant	Provide someone or something with something by implantation. This idea was implanted in my mind by a coincidence.
move	Cause to move or shift into a new position or place both in a concrete and in an abstract sense. She felt deeply moved by this picture of his plight.
relocate	Move or establish in a new location. We had to relocate the office because the rent was too high.
remove	Remove from a position or an office. A man is removed to the tribal district of his forbears.
replant	Plant (a tree or plant which has been dug up) again, especially in a larger pot or new site. Split the clumps and replant only those irises with healthy roots.
reposition	Change place or direction. Try repositioning the thermostat in another room.
repot	Put in a new, usually larger, pot. The plant had grown and had to be repotted.
resettle	Settle or cause to settle in a different place. The immigrants had to resettle.
shift	Make a shift in or exchange of. She shifted down to fourth.
take	Get into one s hands take physically. Twenty of their ships were sunk or taken.
transfer	Transfer from one place or period to another. We will transfer full planning responsibility to local authorities.
transport	Transport commercially. He was convicted of theft and transported.
transpose	Transfer (a term), with its sign changed, to the other side of an equation. Can you transpose this fugue into G major.

Usage Examples of "Transplant" as a verb

• Lift and transplant bulbs when they are becoming overcrowded.
• A kidney was transplanted from one identical twin to another.
• These delicate plants do not transplant easily.
• The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America.
• It was proposed to transplant the club to the vacant site.

Associations of "Transplant" (30 Words)

abdominal	An abdominal muscle. Pilates greatly benefits the lower abdominals.
appendix	A tube shaped sac attached to and opening into the lower end of the large intestine in humans and some other mammals In humans the appendix is small and has no known function but in rabbits hares and some other herbivores it is involved in the digestion of cellulose. A list of such activities was published as an appendix to the report.
bovine	Dull and slow-moving and stolid; like an ox. A look of bovine contentment came into her face.
bowel	The part of the alimentary canal below the stomach; the intestine. Bowel cancer.
charity	A kindly and lenient attitude toward people. The charity provides practical help for homeless people.
contribute	Contribute to some cause. Taxpayers had contributed 141 8 million towards the cost of local services.
contribution	A voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause. The agency is mainly financed from voluntary contributions.
dialysis	The clinical purification of blood by dialysis as a substitute for the normal function of the kidney.
donor	An impurity atom in a semiconductor which contributes a conducting electron to the material. One third of patients die before a suitable donor is found.
eviscerate	Having been disembowelled. The goat had been skinned and neatly eviscerated.
giver	Someone who devotes himself completely. A giver of advice.
graft	Transplant living tissue as a graft. It was common to graft different varieties on to a single tree trunk.
grafting	The act of grafting something onto something else.
heart	A card of the suit of hearts. Right in the heart of the city.
hepatitis	A disease characterized by inflammation of the liver.
hernia	A condition in which part of an organ is displaced and protrudes through the wall of the cavity containing it (often involving the intestine at a weak point in the abdominal wall. Umbilical hernia.
kidney	The kidney of a sheep ox or pig as food. Urine passes out of the kidney through ureters to the bladder.
liver	An organ similar to the liver in other animals. A liver in cities.
lung	Either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates; serves to remove carbon dioxide and provide oxygen to the blood. The city had to be given lungs in the shape of open spaces squares parks and gardens.
operation	Psychology the performance of some composite cognitive activity an operation that affects mental contents. The company is selling most of its commercial banking operations.
organs	Edible viscera of a butchered animal.
orthopedic	Of or relating to orthopedics. Orthopedic shoes.
pancreas	A large gland behind the stomach which secretes digestive enzymes into the duodenum Embedded in the pancreas are the islets of Langerhans which secrete into the blood the hormones insulin and glucagon.
peritonitis	Inflammation of the peritoneum.
prosthetics	The branch of medicine dealing with the production and use of artificial body parts.
selfless	Concerned more with the needs and wishes of others than with one’s own; unselfish. An act of selfless devotion.
spleen	A large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm; produces cells involved in immune responses. He could vent his spleen on the institutions which had duped him.
surgery	The branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures. Cardiac surgery.
vascular	Relating to, affecting, or consisting of a vessel or vessels, especially those which carry blood. Vascular disease.