transplant
Noun
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referred to in: surgery - the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative proceduresis a type of: animal tissue - the tissue in the bodies of animalssubtypes:
- autograft, autoplasty - tissue that is taken from one site and grafted to another site on the same person
- 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
same as: graft -
is a type of: operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process - a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living bodysubtypes:
- 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
same as: organ transplant, transplantation -
is a type of: movement - the act of changing the location of somethingsame as: transplantation, transplanting
Verb
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is a type of: displace - cause to move, usually with force or pressuresame as: transferverb group: transplant - be transplantable
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is a type of: be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)verb group: transfer, transplant - lift and reset in another soil or situation
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entail: move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motionsame as: graft
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is a type of: shift - move from one setting or context to another
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