transplant patient
Awaiting donated organ
A transplant patient is someone who has received or is awaiting an organ or tissue transplant.
The term covers both those preparing for surgery and those recovering afterward: Transplant patients must take immunosuppressants for life.
The phrase emphasizes the medical context—the same person might be called a transplant recipient in other contexts.
- organBody's working component
- donor familyKin who consent to transplantation
- recipientOne who receives something
- tissue matchBiological graft acceptance
- rejectionDenial of acceptance
immune system · immunosuppressant · surgery · waiting · list · waiting list · kidney · heart · liver · lung · tissue · matching · recovery · hospital · survival · dialysis · graft · antirejection
- patientsinpatients, inpatient, outpatients, outpatient
- health risksobesity, diabetes, smoking, hypertension, air pollution
- Immune WeaknessHIV, AIDS, chemotherapy, immunosuppressants, leukemia
transplant patientorgan donor
Person who bequeaths body parts
donor · tissue donor · living donor · deceased donor · bone marrow donor
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