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transplant in Portuguese

transplant in Portuguese is transplantação, transplante, transplantar — transplant means to dig up a plant and replant it somewhere else.

transplant in Portuguese

transplantação
noun
An act of uprooting and moving (something), especially and archetypically a plant.
transplante
noun
(medicine) An operation (procedure) in which tissue or an organ is transplanted: an instance of transplantation.
transplantar
verb

What does "transplant" mean?

  1. verb To dig up a plant and replant it somewhere else.
    "We transplanted the tomato seedlings into bigger pots."
  2. verb In surgery, to move an organ or tissue from one body, or body part, to another.
    "Surgeons transplanted a healthy kidney from the donor to the patient."
  3. noun A surgical procedure, or the organ/tissue moved, in a transplant operation.
    "He is recovering well after his heart transplant."
  4. noun Informal: a person who has moved from one place to live in another.
    "As a New York transplant, she still isn't used to the quiet of small-town life."
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transplant in a sentence

  • We transplanted the tomato seedlings into bigger pots.
  • Surgeons transplanted a healthy kidney from the donor to the patient.
  • He is recovering well after his heart transplant.
  • As a New York transplant, she still isn't used to the quiet of small-town life.

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What is "transplant" in Portuguese?

"transplant" in Portuguese is transplantação, transplante, transplantar. transplant means: To dig up a plant and replant it somewhere else.

How do you use "transplant" in a sentence?

Example: "We transplanted the tomato seedlings into bigger pots." In Portuguese, "transplant" is transplantação, transplante, transplantar.

Are there other ways to say "transplant" in Portuguese?

Yes — Portuguese has 3 translations listed for "transplant": transplantação, transplante, transplantar.

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