transplant (redirected from Transplant rejection)

trans·plant  (trns-plnt)

v. trans·plant·ed, trans·plant·ing, trans·plants

v.tr.

1. To uproot and replant (a growing plant).

2. To transfer from one place or residence to another; resettle or relocate.

3. Medicine To transfer (tissue or an organ) from one body or body part to another.

v.intr.

To be capable of undergoing transplantation.

n. (trnsplnt)

1. The act or process of transplanting.

2. Something transplanted.

3. Medicine An operation in which tissue or an organ is transplanted: undergo a heart transplant; surgical transplant of a cornea.

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[Middle English transplaunten, from Old French transplanter, from Late Latin trnsplantre : Latin trns, trans- + Latin plantre, to plant; see plat- in Indo-European roots.]

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trans·planta·ble adj.

transplan·tation n.

trans·planter n.

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transplant

Verb

1. Surgery to transfer (an organ or tissue) from one part of the body or from one person to another

2. to remove or transfer (esp. a plant) from one place to another

Noun

Surgery

a. the procedure involved in transferring an organ or tissue

b. the organ or tissue transplanted

transplantation n

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transplant  (trnsplnt)

1. A plant that has been uprooted and replanted.

2. A surgical procedure in a human or animal in which a body tissue or organ is transferred from a donor to a recipient or from one part of the body to another. Heart, lung, liver, kidney, corneal, and bone-marrow transplants are performed to treat life-threatening illness. Donated tissue must be histocompatible with that of the recipient to prevent immunological rejection. See also graft.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	transplant - (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient graft animal tissue - the tissue in the bodies of animals autograft, autoplasty - tissue that is taken from one site and grafted to another site on the same person; "skin from his thigh replaced the burned skin on his arms" allograft, homograft - tissue or organ transplanted from a donor of the same species but different genetic makeup; recipient's immune system must be suppressed to prevent rejection of the graft heterograft, xenograft - tissue from an animal of one species used as a temporary graft (as in cases of severe burns) on an individual of another species surgery - the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures; "he is professor of surgery at the Harvard Medical School"
	2.	transplant - an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient); "he had a kidney transplant"; "the long-term results of cardiac transplantation are now excellent"; "a child had a multiple organ transplant two months ago" organ transplant, transplantation surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process, surgery, operation - a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery" corneal graft, corneal transplant, keratoplasty - a surgical procedure in which part or all of a damaged or diseased cornea is replaced by healthy corneal tissue from a donor xenotransplant, xenotransplantation - a surgical procedure in which tissue or whole organs are transfered from one species to another species
	3.	transplant - the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location; "the transplant did not flower until the second year"; "too frequent transplanting is not good for families"; "she returned to Alabama because she could not bear transplantation" transplanting, transplantation movement - the act of changing the location of something; "the movement of cargo onto the vessel"
Verb	1.	transplant - lift and reset in another soil or situation; "Transplant the young rice plants" transfer displace - cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war" transplant - be transplantable; "These delicate plants do not transplant easily"
	2.	transplant - be transplantable; "These delicate plants do not transplant easily" transplant, transfer - lift and reset in another soil or situation; "Transplant the young rice plants" be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
	3.	transplant - place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient graft infix, insert, introduce, enter - put or introduce into something; "insert a picture into the text"
	4.	transplant - transfer from one place or period to another; "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America" transpose, transfer shift - move from one setting or context to another; "shift the emphasis"; "shift one's attention"

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transplant

verb 1. Surgery implant, transfer, graft

verb 2. transfer, take, bring, carry, remove, transport, shift, convey, fetch, displace, relocate, uproot

Translations

transplant vt [trænsˈplɑːnt] → transplantar

n [ˈtrænsplɑːnt] (MED) → transplante m;

to have a heart transplant → hacerse un transplante de corazón

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transplant vt [trænsˈplɑːnt] → transplanter [+ seedlings]; repiquer

n [ˈtrænsplɑːnt] (Med) → transplantation f;

to have a heart transplant → subir une greffe du cœur

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transplant vt [trænsˈplɑːnt]

n [ˈtrɑːnsplɑːnt]

vt [+ organ, seedlings] → verpflanzen

n (Med) → Transplantation f;

to have a heart transplant → sich einer Herztransplantation unterziehen

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transplant vt [trænsˈplɑːnt] → trapiantare

n [ˈtrænsplɑːnt] → trapianto;

to have a heart transplant → subire un trapianto cardiaco