verb 1. to move (something) or be moved from one place or person to another
The plants should be grown indoors until spring, when they can be transplanted outside (=put in the
ground outside). [T]
Beetroot doesn't transplant well. [I usually + adv/prep]
Doctors transplanted a monkey's heart into/in a two-year old child. (=Doctors removed the child's
faulty heart and put in a monkey's). [T]
FIGURATIVE Management has a crazy plan to close the London office and transplant the staff to the
regions. [T]
Compare implant.
transplant
noun [C] a heart/kidney transplant
transplant surgery
a transplant operation/patient
He had a heart transplant (=Doctors took out his heart and put in a different, healthier one).
The transplant (=new organ) was accepted/rejected by the body.
transplantation
noun [U] Transplantation of organs from living donors raises ethical issues.