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Definition transplant in American English

transplant noun

noun
/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

1.1

an organ that has been transplanted

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Definition transplant in American English