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Definition transplant in American English
transplant
noun
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noun
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Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
/ˈtrænsˌplænt/
1
a medical operation in which a new organ is put into someone's body. The organ is taken from the body of another person, especially someone who has just died, who is called a donor
Example
There is a shortage of donors for liver transplants.
Example
a transplant patient
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1.1
an organ that has been transplanted
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