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transplantieren — 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

transplantieren is used for these senses in English:

  • graft (transitive, surgery) To implant a portion of (living flesh or akin) in a lesion so as to form an organic union.
  • transplant (transitive, medicine) To transfer (tissue or an organ) from one body to another, or from one part of a body to another.

graft — full definition

  1. noun A piece of living tissue, skin, or plant shoot transplanted onto or into another body or plant to grow there.
  2. verb To transplant living tissue or a plant shoot onto another body or plant.
  3. noun Dishonest profit gained through abuse of power, especially in politics or business.
  4. noun Hard work, especially informal British usage for effort or labor.

transplant — full definition

  1. verb To dig up a plant and replant it somewhere else.
  2. verb In surgery, to move an organ or tissue from one body, or body part, to another.
  3. noun A surgical procedure, or the organ/tissue moved, in a transplant operation.
  4. noun Informal: a person who has moved from one place to live in another.

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