Phrase guide

organ transplant

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A surgical operation in which an organ is moved from a donor to a recipient.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • 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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: transplant, transplantation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process

Narrower terms: keratoplasty, corneal graft, corneal transplant, xenotransplant, xenotransplantation

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: زِرَاعَة اَلْأَعْضَاء (zirāʕat al-ʔaʕḍāʔ) — surgical operation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 器官移植 (qìguān yízhí) — surgical operation
  • Finnish: elimensiirto — surgical operation
  • French: greffe — surgical operation
  • Georgian: ორგანოს გადანერგვა (organos gadanergva) — surgical operation
  • Hindi: अंग प्रत्यारोपण (aṅg pratyāropaṇ) — surgical operation
  • Icelandic: ígræðsla — surgical operation
  • Norwegian Bokmål: organtransplantasjon — surgical operation
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: organtransplantasjon — surgical operation
  • Polish: przeszczep narządów — surgical operation
  • Spanish: transplante — surgical operation
  • Turkish: organ nakli — surgical operation