2016年6月12日 星期日

transplant 1951

2016
By keeping organs warm rather than cold, this device triples the time window for transplants.
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transplant

VERB

Pronunciation: /transˈplɑːnt/  
 /tranzˈplɑːnt/  
[WITH OBJECT]
1Move or transfer (someone or something) to another place or situation:it was proposed to transplant the club to the vacant site(as adjective transplantedshe’s a transplanted New Yorker
1.1Replant (a plant) in another place:lift and transplant bulbs when they are becoming overcrowded
2Take (living tissue or an organ) and implant it in another part of the body or in another body:kidney was transplanted from one identical twin to another(as adjective transplantedthe rejection of transplanted organs

NOUN

Pronunciation: /ˈtransplɑːnt/  
 /ˈtranzplɑːnt/  
1An operation in which an organ or tissue is transplanted:a heart transplant[MASS NOUN]: kidneys available for transplant
1.1An organ or tissue which is transplanted:a drug to prevent the body rejecting bone marrow transplants
2A person or thing that has been moved to a new place or situation:both old-time residents and new transplants have deep loyalty to their communitythe trees were bare-rooted transplants

Derivatives

transplantable

Pronunciation: /transˈplɑːntəb(ə)l/  
ADJECTIVE

transplanter

Pronunciation: /transˈplɑːntə/  
NOUN

Origin

Late Middle English (as a verb describing the repositioning of a plant): from late Latintransplantare, from Latin trans- 'across' + plantare 'to plant'. The noun, first in sense 2, dates from the mid 18th century.

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