transplanting

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.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

transplanting - 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" transplantation, transplant movement - the act of changing the location of something; "the movement of cargo onto the vessel"