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

The box that keeps organs alive

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transplant

VERB

Pronunciation: /transˈplɑːnt/  

 /tranzˈplɑːnt/  

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1Move or transfer (someone or something) to another place or situation:it was proposed to transplant the club to the vacant site(as adjective transplanted) she’s a transplanted New Yorker

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1.1Replant (a plant) in another place:lift and transplant bulbs when they are becoming overcrowded

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2Take (living tissue or an organ) and implant it in another part of the body or in another body:a kidney was transplanted from one identical twin to another(as adjective transplanted) the rejection of transplanted organs

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NOUN

Pronunciation: /ˈtransplɑːnt/  

 /ˈtranzplɑːnt/  

1An operation in which an organ or tissue is transplanted:a heart transplant[MASS NOUN]: kidneys available for transplant

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1.1An organ or tissue which is transplanted:a drug to prevent the body rejecting bone marrow transplants

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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

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Derivatives

transplantable

Pronunciation: /transˈplɑːntəb(ə)l/  

ADJECTIVE

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transplanter

Pronunciation: /transˈplɑːntə/  

NOUN

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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.