transplant
Move living tissue
Transplant means to move something from one place to another where it will continue to grow or function.
A gardener transplants seedlings from pots to the ground.
In medicine, a transplant is an organ or tissue surgically moved from one body to another: heart transplant, kidney transplant.
The verb covers both the surgical procedure and the broader sense of relocation: She transplanted herself from Texas to New York.
A transplant can also be the person who relocated: He's a California transplant.
One who contributes freely
- recipientOne who receives something
- kidneyBlood-filtering organ
- liverAbdominal detoxifying organ
- heartCirculatory system's pump
lung · pancreas · cornea · tissue · rejection · immunosuppressant · allograft · xenotransplant
Physician who operates
- incisionControlled cut into tissue
- sutureMedical wound closure
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
- scalpelPrecise surgical knife
recovery · sterile · postoperative · preoperative · stitches · patient · clamps · forceps
Recently sprouted young plant
- nurseryRoom for infants
- cuttingDividing via sharp edge
- propagationAct of spreading widely
- pottingPlacing in soil vessels
soil · bedding · sapling · greenhouse · perennial · annual · container · balled
Denial of acceptance
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- healingRestoration of health
- convalescencePost-illness healing phase
- stabilizationProcess of becoming steady
resilience · endurance · thriving · flourishing · regeneration · vitality · perseverance · fortitude
Heir of prominence
- rootstockBase for grafted plants
- buddingDeveloping from an outgrowth
- cleftNarrow vertical split
- whipStrikes or aerates
splice · veneer · bridge · approach · bark · saddle · inlay · chimera
Adjusting to new conditions
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- integrationCombining into a whole
- acculturationAdopting another group's customs
settling · acclimation · habituation · familiarization · transition · reorientation · naturalization · establishment
Movement to new territory
- emigrationLeaving homeland permanently
- immigrationRelocating abroad permanently
- resettlementReestablishing in new place
- displacementRemoval from usual location
expatriation · uprooting · exile · diaspora · repatriation · refugee · asylum · relocation
donor
One who contributes freely
heart · lung · pancreas · cornea · tissue · rejection · immunosuppressant · allograft · xenotransplant · compatibility
surgeon
Physician who operates
- incisionControlled cut into tissue
- sutureMedical wound closure
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
scalpel · recovery · sterile · postoperative · preoperative · stitches · patient · clamps · forceps · hemostat
seedling
Recently sprouted young plant
- nurseryRoom for infants
- cuttingDividing via sharp edge
- propagationAct of spreading widely
potting · soil · bedding · sapling · greenhouse · perennial · annual · container · balled · mulch
rejection
Denial of acceptance
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- healingRestoration of health
- convalescencePost-illness healing phase
stabilization · resilience · endurance · thriving · flourishing · regeneration · vitality · perseverance · fortitude · survivorship
scion
Heir of prominence
whip · splice · veneer · bridge · approach · bark · saddle · inlay · chimera · cambium
acclimatization
Adjusting to new conditions
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- integrationCombining into a whole
acculturation · settling · acclimation · habituation · familiarization · transition · reorientation · naturalization · establishment · rooting
migration
Movement to new territory
- emigrationLeaving homeland permanently
- immigrationRelocating abroad permanently
- resettlementReestablishing in new place
displacement · expatriation · uprooting · exile · diaspora · repatriation · refugee · asylum · relocation · colonization
- gardening termsgrowing, blooming, wilting, pruning, grafting
- medical proceduressurgery, bypass surgery, biopsy, heart surgery, brain surgery
- surgeriessurgery, appendectomy, hysterectomy, minor surgery, elective surgery
- medical treatmentschemotherapy, physical therapy, gene therapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy
- kidneyskidney, nephron, nephrons, glomerulus, glomeruli
- surgical advancesrobotic surgery, minimally invasive, laparoscopy, microsurgery, surgical robot
transplantnative
Originating from a place
indigenous · local · homegrown · native-born · autochthonous
- heart transplantReplacing a failing pump
- organ transplantMoving tissue between bodies
- kidney transplantImplanting a donated organ
- corneal transplantSurgical replacement of eye's clear front
- lung transplantReplacing diseased respiratory organs
- liver transplantSurgical organ replacement
transplanting, transplanted, transplants, transplantation, transplanter, transplantable