siirre — meaning in English
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English meaning
- graft noun A piece of living tissue, skin, or plant shoot transplanted onto or into another body or plant to grow there.
- transplant verb To dig up a plant and replant it somewhere else.
Senses
siirre is used for these senses in English:
- graft (surgery) A portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty.
- transplant (medicine) An operation (procedure) in which tissue or an organ is transplanted: an instance of transplantation.
- transplant (medicine) A transplanted organ or tissue: a graft.
graft — full definition
- noun A piece of living tissue, skin, or plant shoot transplanted onto or into another body or plant to grow there.
- verb To transplant living tissue or a plant shoot onto another body or plant.
- noun Dishonest profit gained through abuse of power, especially in politics or business.
- noun Hard work, especially informal British usage for effort or labor.
transplant — full definition
- verb To dig up a plant and replant it somewhere else.
- verb In surgery, to move an organ or tissue from one body, or body part, to another.
- noun A surgical procedure, or the organ/tissue moved, in a transplant operation.
- noun Informal: a person who has moved from one place to live in another.