Transplant
noun
A medical process in which a healthy organ, tissue, or cell is taken from one person and given to another person who needs it.
He's recovering well after a heart transplant.
Often appears as...
- heart transplant
- organ transplant
verb
To move a plant from one place to another, or to move to a new place or condition.
My family transplanted me to New York from Texas when I was 13.
Often appears as...
- transplant a tree
- transplant to a new place
noun
A person who has moved to a new place or condition.
Even after 10 years here, I still feel like a transplant.
Often appears as...
- feel like a transplant
- be a transplant
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Colloquial
verb
In botany, to move a plant from one pot or place in the ground to another.
I've transplanted this rosebush twice already.
Often appears as...
- transplant a sapling
- transplant to a bigger pot
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Technical
noun
A medical process in which a healthy organ, tissue, or cell is taken from one person and given to another person who needs it.
He's recovering well after a heart transplant.
Often appears as...
- heart transplant
- organ transplant
verb
To move a plant from one place to another, or to move to a new place or condition.
My family transplanted me to New York from Texas when I was 13.
Often appears as...
- transplant a tree
- transplant to a new place
noun
A person who has moved to a new place or condition.
Even after 10 years here, I still feel like a transplant.
Often appears as...
- feel like a transplant
- be a transplant
Usage tips
Colloquial
verb
In botany, to move a plant from one pot or place in the ground to another.
I've transplanted this rosebush twice already.
Often appears as...
- transplant a sapling
- transplant to a bigger pot
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Procedure
Refers to a complex medical surgery, often life-saving.
After the car accident, the surgeon said a liver transplant was imperative.
Pro Tip 2/3Requires Match
Success depends on compatibility between donor and recipient.
They found a transplant match for her within the family.
Pro Tip 3/3Long Recovery
Recovery from a transplant can take a long time and requires care.
Post-transplant, he must avoid infection as his immunity is low.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Procedure
Refers to a complex medical surgery, often life-saving.
After the car accident, the surgeon said a liver transplant was imperative.
Pro Tip 2/3Requires Match
Success depends on compatibility between donor and recipient.
They found a transplant match for her within the family.
Pro Tip 3/3Long Recovery
Recovery from a transplant can take a long time and requires care.
Post-transplant, he must avoid infection as his immunity is low.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Procedure
Refers to a complex medical surgery, often life-saving.
After the car accident, the surgeon said a liver transplant was imperative.
Pro Tip 2/3Requires Match
Success depends on compatibility between donor and recipient.
They found a transplant match for her within the family.
Pro Tip 3/3Long Recovery
Recovery from a transplant can take a long time and requires care.
Post-transplant, he must avoid infection as his immunity is low.
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Video examples
Julian Baggini: Is there...
You are the sum of your parts. Now those parts are also physical parts, of course, brains, bodies and legs and things, but they aren't so important, actually. If you have a heart transplant, you're still the same person. If you have a memory transplant, are you the same person? If you have a belief transplant, would you be the same person?
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How bones make blood -...
The stem cells themselves are not cancerous, but these mutations can interfere with the process of differentiation and result in malignant blood cells. So for patients with advanced blood cancers like leukemia and lymphoma, the best chance for a cure is often an allogeneic bone marrow transplant,
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Deep Sea Anglerfish Sex...
but new research could figure it out and make our implications for medicine in terms of transplants much safer and brighter in the future. And another thing that Thomas touched upon there, which is really important is the Earth's biodiversity which we know that we're losing so rapidly.
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What is leukemia? -...
that it kills all cells in the bone marrow, including stem cells. When this happens, the body is no longer able to create new blood cells on its own. Fortunately, outside help can come in the form of stem cells from the bone marrow of a donor. Once transplanted into the patient,
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Surf Sisters - Ep. 2 PIPE...
'Cause we always thought that we would have each other, and she always saw the best in everyone, no matter who it was, she just like brought out their light. And her lifelong goal was to be a healer. And she got her dream job as a transplant nurse,
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Watch One Family's...
official face transplant list every day I you kind of wake up you think this could be the day and and then you get through tons where there's not a call or anything and you kind of get a little discouraged and disappointed but
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Charity Tillemann-Dick:...
he said it was among the most difficult transplants that he's ever performed. They left my chest open for two weeks. You could see my over-sized heart beating inside of it. I was on a dozen machines that were keeping me alive.
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The stories of water PIPE...
as the water drains he continues soaked by these mini floods and aware that the water will soon rise again aquariums are a lifelong fascination I love these fabricated transplanted Ecology's separated from the viewer only
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How does heart...
During this period, the transplanted organ has a higher resting heart rate and risk of stroke, making exercise difficult and dangerous. And since it’s incredibly rare to find a perfect match between donor and recipient,
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Youngest Face Transplant...
could become unstable Katie said to me if something happens to me during the transplant I don't want you to be upset I was probably a lot more nervous than she was
Video examples
Julian Baggini: Is there...
You are the sum of your parts. Now those parts are also physical parts, of course, brains, bodies and legs and things, but they aren't so important, actually. If you have a heart transplant, you're still the same person. If you have a memory transplant, are you the same person? If you have a belief transplant, would you be the same person?
Video examples
How bones make blood -...
The stem cells themselves are not cancerous, but these mutations can interfere with the process of differentiation and result in malignant blood cells. So for patients with advanced blood cancers like leukemia and lymphoma, the best chance for a cure is often an allogeneic bone marrow transplant,
Video examples
Deep Sea Anglerfish Sex...
but new research could figure it out and make our implications for medicine in terms of transplants much safer and brighter in the future. And another thing that Thomas touched upon there, which is really important is the Earth's biodiversity which we know that we're losing so rapidly.
Video examples
What is leukemia? -...
that it kills all cells in the bone marrow, including stem cells. When this happens, the body is no longer able to create new blood cells on its own. Fortunately, outside help can come in the form of stem cells from the bone marrow of a donor. Once transplanted into the patient,
Video examples
Surf Sisters - Ep. 2 PIPE...
'Cause we always thought that we would have each other, and she always saw the best in everyone, no matter who it was, she just like brought out their light. And her lifelong goal was to be a healer. And she got her dream job as a transplant nurse,
Video examples
Watch One Family's...
official face transplant list every day I you kind of wake up you think this could be the day and and then you get through tons where there's not a call or anything and you kind of get a little discouraged and disappointed but
Video examples
Charity Tillemann-Dick:...
he said it was among the most difficult transplants that he's ever performed. They left my chest open for two weeks. You could see my over-sized heart beating inside of it. I was on a dozen machines that were keeping me alive.
Video examples
The stories of water PIPE...
as the water drains he continues soaked by these mini floods and aware that the water will soon rise again aquariums are a lifelong fascination I love these fabricated transplanted Ecology's separated from the viewer only
Video examples
How does heart...
During this period, the transplanted organ has a higher resting heart rate and risk of stroke, making exercise difficult and dangerous. And since it’s incredibly rare to find a perfect match between donor and recipient,
Video examples
Youngest Face Transplant...
could become unstable Katie said to me if something happens to me during the transplant I don't want you to be upset I was probably a lot more nervous than she was
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Quote examples
Will Forte
American Actor
When I graduated from college, I thought I was losing my hair. And I started looking into hair transplants. I was talking to my mom. My mom said, 'You're crazy. You have so much hair.' It was a real lesson in your mind playing tricks on you. You can make your mind think anything is happening.
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Andy Cole
English Athlete
I was depressed after the transplant because it's very tough to understand the trauma you still face. I remember emptying a big bag of medication and just crying and thinking, 'For me to survive another day, this is what I've got to take. For the rest of my life. I'm not sure I can continue.
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Alonzo Mourning
American Athlete
There's nobody else on the face of this earth that's playing a sport at a highest level... with a transplant. That alone continues to inspire me, because I realize throughout the whole world the struggles that people are going through. I need to inspire them the best way I can.
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Nathan Deal
American Politician
We have created a new demonstration program to allow families with a sick child who could be helped with a cord blood transplant from a sibling to bank cord blood from newborns should they decide to have another child.
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Leonard Bailey
American Inventor
More than 100 people are involved in a transplant operation... and we can't waste time and resources if there is a chance the caretakers aren't up for an awesome responsibility.
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Craig Sager
American Journalist
I've already had two stem cell transplants. Very rarely does somebody have a third, so I have to maintain my strength so I can go through this.
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Alastair Reynolds
British Author
We live in a science fictional world with things like cloning and face transplants, and things seem to be getting stranger and stranger.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American Writer
Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than in the one where they sprang up.
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Patricia Schroeder
American Leader
Spine transplants are what we really need to take Reagan on.
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Shelley Fabares
American Actress
I had to have a complete liver transplant.
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Will Forte
American Actor
When I graduated from college, I thought I was losing my hair. And I started looking into hair transplants. I was talking to my mom. My mom said, 'You're crazy. You have so much hair.' It was a real lesson in your mind playing tricks on you. You can make your mind think anything is happening.
Quote examples
Andy Cole
English Athlete
I was depressed after the transplant because it's very tough to understand the trauma you still face. I remember emptying a big bag of medication and just crying and thinking, 'For me to survive another day, this is what I've got to take. For the rest of my life. I'm not sure I can continue.
Quote examples
Alonzo Mourning
American Athlete
There's nobody else on the face of this earth that's playing a sport at a highest level... with a transplant. That alone continues to inspire me, because I realize throughout the whole world the struggles that people are going through. I need to inspire them the best way I can.
Quote examples
Nathan Deal
American Politician
We have created a new demonstration program to allow families with a sick child who could be helped with a cord blood transplant from a sibling to bank cord blood from newborns should they decide to have another child.
Quote examples
Leonard Bailey
American Inventor
More than 100 people are involved in a transplant operation... and we can't waste time and resources if there is a chance the caretakers aren't up for an awesome responsibility.
Quote examples
Craig Sager
American Journalist
I've already had two stem cell transplants. Very rarely does somebody have a third, so I have to maintain my strength so I can go through this.
Quote examples
Alastair Reynolds
British Author
We live in a science fictional world with things like cloning and face transplants, and things seem to be getting stranger and stranger.
Quote examples
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American Writer
Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than in the one where they sprang up.
Quote examples
Patricia Schroeder
American Leader
Spine transplants are what we really need to take Reagan on.
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Shelley Fabares
American Actress
I had to have a complete liver transplant.
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