transplanted
Moved to new soil
Transplanted is the past tense of transplant, meaning moved from one place to another and established anew.
Plants are transplanted from pots to garden beds.
Organs are transplanted from donors to recipients.
People describe themselves as transplanted when they've relocated: a transplanted New Yorker living in Austin.
The word carries a sense of uprooting followed by taking root somewhere else.
One who contributes freely
- recipientOne who receives something
- kidneyBlood-filtering organ
- liverAbdominal detoxifying organ
- heartCirculatory system's pump
lung · rejection · immunosuppressants · graft · tissue · compatibility · cornea · pancreas
One who resettles abroad
- emigrantPerson resettling in another nation
- expatriateOne living abroad permanently
- refugeePerson fleeing danger abroad
- settlerOne who colonizes territory
displaced · evacuee · exile · migrant · newcomer · resettled · uprooted · pioneer
Illicit political gain
- implantDevice placed inside tissue
- allograftTransplanted tissue, same species
- xenograftInterspecies tissue transfer
- anastomosisJoining of tubular structures
suture · incision · surgeon · operating · anesthesia · sterile · rejection · prosthesis
Recently sprouted young plant
- saplingJuvenile woody plant
- rootstockBase for grafted plants
- cuttingDividing via sharp edge
- graftingJoining tissues to grow together
nursery · bedding · perennial · annual · propagation · scion · cultivar · acclimatization
Adjusting to new conditions
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- integrationCombining into a whole
- acculturatedAdapted to new culture
reorientation · familiarization · resilience · rootedness · belonging · identity · displacement · nostalgia
donor
One who contributes freely
heart · lung · rejection · immunosuppressants · graft · tissue · compatibility · cornea · pancreas · allograft
immigrant
One who resettles abroad
- emigrantPerson resettling in another nation
- expatriateOne living abroad permanently
- refugeePerson fleeing danger abroad
settler · displaced · evacuee · exile · migrant · newcomer · resettled · uprooted · pioneer · reestablished
graft
Illicit political gain
- implantDevice placed inside tissue
- allograftTransplanted tissue, same species
- xenograftInterspecies tissue transfer
anastomosis · suture · incision · surgeon · operating · anesthesia · sterile · rejection · prosthesis · reconstruction
seedling
Recently sprouted young plant
grafting · nursery · bedding · perennial · annual · propagation · scion · cultivar · acclimatization · potting
acclimatization
Adjusting to new conditions
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- integrationCombining into a whole
acculturated · reorientation · familiarization · resilience · rootedness · belonging · identity · displacement · nostalgia · hybrid
transplantednative
Originating from a place
indigenous · endemic · autochthonous · original · local
- 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
transplant, transplanting, transplants, transplantation, transplanter, transplantable