transplantn.
/ˈtrɑːnsplɑːnt/, /ˈtransplɑːnt/, /ˈtransplant/, U.S. /ˈtræn(t)sˌplænt/ 1. figurative.1891 M. Dods Erasmus, etc. 81 They do not appear as transplants in the writings of Plato.
a. That which is transplanted; spec. in forestry, a seedling transplanted once or several times; in Surgery, etc., an organ, tissue, etc., which has been transplanted into another person or animal.
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the world > plants > wild and cultivated plants > [noun] > cultivated or planted > that has been transplanted
transplant1756
the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > transplanting and grafting operations > [noun] > a transplant or graft
graft1871
transplant1913
spare part1944
1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 163 Very few transplants of the kind thrive.
1885 P. MacOwan Rep. Cape Town Bot. Garden 1884. 9 A box of 25 transplants.
1898 F. Whitmore in Atlantic Monthly Apr. 507/1 There was nothing for it but to sow seeds for transplants.
1913 Arch. f. Entwicklungsmech. d. Organismen XXXVII. 254 The homoeoplastic transplants in guinea pigs 5 and 8 were removed for microscopic examination.
1952 Surg. Forum 1951 217 An arterial supply from the host was anastomosed to a pulmonary vein of the heart transplant and an outlet for the left ventricular output of the heart transplant was provided.
1963 Surg., Gynecol. & Obstetr. 117 361/2 If a renal graft fails to function for several days after transplantation, the host can be supported by dialysis. A heart transplant at the present time enjoys no such privilege and must function vigorously immediately.
1977 J. Gillis Killers of Starfish x. 81 Look a little closer. This hair hat of mine is a transplant... I'm a lot older than Trevor.
b. One who is not native to his place of permanent residence. U.S.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > type of inhabitant generally > [noun] > non-native inhabitant
alien?a1400
out-comelingc1400
strangerc1460
free denizen1551
denizen1576
peregrine1593
inmatea1600
outcomer1607
resident alien1801
metic1808
expatriate1818
international1851
offcome1859
overrunner1876
aubain1882
offcomer1898
non-native1899
outworlder1948
transplant1961
expat1962
non-patrial1971
1961 M. Beadle These Ruins are Inhabited (1963) v. 73 If she's a good English wife, she doesn't tell him. If she's an American transplant, she does.
1973 T. Tobin Lett. G. Ade 2 The bustling city [of Chicago], which was comprised of numerous rural transplants too busy with the business of living to establish traditions.
1979 Tucson (Arizona) Citizen 20 Sept. 1 b/3 Traffic and the heat are two things the transplants mentioned.
2. The transferring of bacterial organisms from one medium to another for purposes of culture.
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the world > life > biology > laboratory analysis > processes > [noun] > transplanting or grafting
heteroplasty1844
transplanting1889
transplant1900
heterotransplantation1905
homotransplantation1905
isografting1909
homoplasty1912
homoeotransplantation1913
homografting1923
heterografting1927
homoeoplasty1929
isoplasty1929
homoeografting1930
heterotransplantability1943
homoeotransplantability1954
homotransplantability1957
isotransplantation1962
xenotransplantation1969
1900 Jrnl. Exper. Med. (U.S.) 25 Oct. 173 Both micro~organisms failed to survive the exposure, transplants failing to produce a growth on broth and on kidney.
3. Surgery. An operation in which an organ, tissue, etc., is transplanted from one person or animal to another.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > transplanting and grafting operations > [noun]
transplantation1813
grafting1888
transplanting1906
transplant1951
1951 Sun (Baltimore) 14 Mar. 34/1 He decided to try a transplant [of a tooth].
1971 Daily Tel. 3 May 1/4 Prof. Christian Barnard..is standing by to carry out his first transplant for two years.
1982 Sunday Times 2 Sept. 16/2 It is a type of pneumonia usually found only where there are known causes for a breakdown in the immune system, as in cancer chemotherapy or transplants.
4. attributive.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > transplanting and grafting operations > [adjective]
transplanted1765
transplant1963
1963 Guardian 22 Mar. 1/3 Surgeons at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, this week carried out the hospital's first kidney transplant operation.
1967 New Scientist 7 Dec. 584/3 This [sc. the immune reaction] is the problem that bedevils the whole of transplant surgery.
1968 Observer 7 Jan. 1/1 After that we can think about further selection of transplant patients.
1977 P. B. Medawar & J. S. Medawar Life Sci. i. 8 The anxious question of whether or when a potential transplant donor..can be regarded as dead.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
transplantv.
/trɑːnsˈplɑːnt/, /transˈplɑːnt/, /transˈplant/, U.S. /træn(t)sˈplænt/ 1. transitive. To remove (a plant) from one place or soil and plant it in another. Also figurative.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > planting > plant plants [verb (transitive)] > transplant
overplantOE
transplantc1440
transearth1628
retransplant1763
shift1830
c1440 Pallad. on Husb. iii. 504 Transplaunte hem so, & sone up wol they spring.
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. ix. f. 135v Transplantyng the roote therof, [he] brought it from wyldenes to a better kynde.
1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke i. xvi. 86 They are to be transplanted into home gardens.
1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 72 in Sylva Transplant such Lettuce as you will have abide all Winter.
1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey I. 29 The man who first transplanted the grape of Burgundy to the Cape of Good Hope.
1842 Ld. Tennyson Amphion in Poems (new ed.) II. 169 Methods of transplanting trees.
2. To convey or remove from one place to another; to transport; esp. to bring (people, a colony, etc.) from one country to settle in another.
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the world > movement > transference > [verb (transitive)]
remuea1325
movea1382
translatea1382
transfer1382
transfigurec1384
removea1387
to turn overa1425
transume1483
to carry about1496
traduce1546
transplant1555
transact1621
transmigrate1635
hand1642
to make over1713
recover1719
to carry over1850
society > inhabiting and dwelling > removing from dwelling > remove from dwelling place [verb (transitive)] > convey from one place to another
transplant1555
society > travel > transport > [verb (transitive)]
haveeOE
ferryOE
weighOE
bearOE
take?a1160
weve13..
carry1348
passa1350
tow1391
geta1393
convey1393
winc1400
transport1483
set1487
convoy1500
traduce1535
port1566
repair1612
vehiculate1628
transmute1683
transplant1769
gallant1806
transit1859
inveigh1878
waltz1884
sashay1928
conduct-
1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions Pref. 9 Now gan thei tattempte..to transplante their progenie, and offspring into places unenhabited.
1606 in Cal. State Papers Ireland 553 The Grames and others to be transplanted into Ireland were charged with many children.
a1640 T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (1811) (modernized text) §308 317 These lands were transplanted into the name of the Poultons.
1769 E. Bancroft Ess. Nat. Hist. Guiana 120 The Bull and the Cow..have been successfully transplanted into Guiana.
1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 43 The policy of transplanting nations..was adopted, as a regular part of Assyrian, Babylonian, and Persian policy.
1899 A. E. Garvie Ritschlian Theol. v. vii. 211 We cannot even transplant ourselves into the religious life of a pious Israelite.
3. Surgery. To transfer (an organ or portion of tissue) from one part of the body, or from one person or animal, to another.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > transplanting and grafting operations > transplant or graft [verb (transitive)]
graft1868
transplant1906
1786 [see transplanted adj. at Derivatives].
1906 Daily Chron. 22 Sept. 6/7 A..case in which a child..suffering from cretinism, had a portion of its mother's thyroid gland transplanted into its spleen.
1906 Daily Chron. 22 Sept. 6/7 Successful experiments in transplanting the blood vessels of animals.
1909 Westm. Gaz. 5 July 6/3 A dachshund, to which the kidneys of a fox-terrier had been transplanted..was apparently in perfect health.
4. intransitive.† a. (for reflexive) To leave one place of abode and settle in another; to emigrate. Obsolete.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > furnishing with inhabitants > migration > emigration > emigrate [verb (intransitive)]
transport?c1550
transplant1608
swarm1610
emigrate1782
out-migrate1953
1608 in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 77 The natives..will be at no charges in transplanting thither.
1655 in C. H. Firth Clarke Papers (1899) III. 24 The Irish are unwilling to transplant or prove theire qualificacions, but they will bee forc'd to goe and make way for the English planters.
1662 J. Sergeant Jesuits Reasons (1675) 130 Why..not..take up your roots and transplant?
b. (for passive) To bear transplanting.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > planting > plant or replant [verb (intransitive)] > bear transplanting
transplant1796
1796 C. Marshall Introd. Knowl. & Pract. Gardening xv. 311 Peas will transplant, and therefore broken rows may be made up.
1818 W. Cobbett Let. 10 Dec. in Year's Resid. U.S.A. (1819) iii. 369 Persons of advanced age, of settled habits,..do not..‘transplant well’. Of all such persons Farmers transplant worst.
1846 J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) II. 361 Transplanting.—Swedish turnips transplant very well, like the common cabbage; but the true turnip, the white globe or yellow, do not transplant.
Derivatives
transˈplanted adj.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > transplanting and grafting operations > [adjective]
transplanted1765
transplant1963
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > planting > [adjective] > transplanted
transplanted1765
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > migrant > [adjective] > relating to immigrants > types of immigrant
salt water1708
transplanted1765
new chum1865
first-generation1896
second-generation1928
totok1963
the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > transplanting and grafting operations > [adjective] > transplanted
transplanted1765
1765 Museum Rusticum 4 232 A six-shilling book..on the subject of transplanted lucerne.
1786 J. Hunter Treat. Venereal Dis. vii. i. 392 The transplanted tooth fastened extremely well, and continued so for about a month.
1833 A. Alison Hist. Europe during French Revol. I. i. 37 Any transplanted Irishman, found out of his district, might be put to death by the first person who met him.
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