noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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noun
Meaning 1
A surgical operation in which an organ is moved from a donor to a recipient; an organ transplant.
The medicosurgical specialty (field) concerned with such operations.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 2
A surgical operation in which an organ is moved from a donor to a recipient; an organ transplant.
A particular instance of such an operation (a single procedure): a transplant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 3
The uprooting of a tree and planting it in a new location.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 4
The resettlement of a group of people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: transplant, transplanting
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: movement
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noun
Meaning 6
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, organ transplant
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process