Synonyms for transplant
trænsˈplænt, -ˈplɑnt; ˈtrænsˌplænt, -ˌplɑnttrans·plant

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1. graft, transplantnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   grafting, organ transplant, graft, transplanting, bribery, transplantation

2. transplant, transplantation, organ transplantnoun

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

   "he had a kidney transplant"; "the long-term results of cardiac transplantation are now excellent"; "a child had a multiple organ transplant two months ago"

   Synonyms:
   transplanting, organ transplant, graft, transplantation

3. transplant, transplantation, transplantingverb

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

   "the transplant did not flower until the second year"; "too frequent transplanting is not good for families"; "she returned to Alabama because she could not bear transplantation"

   Synonyms:
   transplanting, organ transplant, graft, transplantation

4. transplant, transferverb

   lift and reset in another soil or situation

   "Transplant the young rice plants"

   Synonyms:
   change, shift, channelise, transfer, channel, channelize, remove, transport, transpose, graft, transmit, reassign

5. transplantverb

   be transplantable

   "These delicate plants do not transplant easily"

   Synonyms:
   transfer, graft, transpose

6. transplant, graftverb

   place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient

   Synonyms:
   engraft, transfer, ingraft, graft, transpose

7. transfer, transpose, transplantverb

   transfer from one place or period to another

   "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America"

   Synonyms:
   reassign, change, interchange, channel, permute, transport, remove, transpose, commute, shift, channelize, transmit, channelise, transfer, graft, counterchange

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1. • Animal Tissue
   • Be
   • Displace
   • Insert
   • Shift
   • Surgery

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1. transplantverb

   Synonyms:
   plant in a new place

2. transplantverb

   Synonyms:
   remove, transfer

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1. List of paraphrases for "transplant":

   transplantation, registry, transplanting, graft, grafting, transplants, transplanted, imprint

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1. Dalia Marx:

   I couldn't change my soul ... There is no surgery for your soul like a heart transplant, but you can get a different body, and thank God today. One-hundred years ago, I don't know what I would have done.

2. Tonya Saffer:

   If you give a 20-year-old a 65-year-old kidney, there is a likelihood the 20-year-old will have to get another transplant at some point. So this fixes that, we will be able to make better use of kidneys and not have to re-transplant as many people.

3. Myleigh Madsen:

   Thankfully, they were able to bring her back, but then she ended up on both the heart and kidney transplant list where she waited almost a year in the hospital but it didn't come in time.

4. Chris Thomas:

   There is this fear of movement that transplant recipients feel, and they can become sedentary, whereas all of the evidence shows now that the fitter and the more active they can be around that transplanted organ, the more likely they are to actually hold onto that organ for many, many years to come.

5. Joe Allen:

   You see a slow onset of some symptoms like wheezing, shortness of breath or coughing, this is a disease that is irreversible, often requiring a lung transplant.