Meaning

noun (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient

noun an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient)

noun the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location

originFrom Middle English transplaunten, from Old French transplanter, from Late Latin transplantare, equivalent to trans- + plant.

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