transplantableadj.
/trɑːnsˈplɑːntəb(ə)l/, /transˈplɑːntəb(ə)l/, /transˈplantəb(ə)l/, U.S. /træn(t)sˈplæn(t)əbəl/ Capable of being transplanted.
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the world > movement > transference > [adjective] > transferred > able to be
movablea1325
moblec1390
running1459
remevablec1460
removablec1470
cursory1606
transferable1646
transplantable1656
transferrable1660
itinerant1690
the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > transplanting and grafting operations > [adjective] > transplanted > able to be
transplantable1913
1656 in P. H. Hore Hist. Wexford (1911) VI. 508 What popish proprietors of lands Transplantable, do yet remain untransplanted.
1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 78 I have pitied cabbage plants and celery, and all transplantable things.
1829 R. Southey Sir Thomas More (1831) II. 89 Old forms of government are not transplantable into new countries.
1913 Jrnl. Exper. Med. 17 482 Much has been added to our knowledge of..tissue grafting in warm blooded animals through the study of the transplantable tumors.
1973 Nature 18 May 163/1 These tumours are transplantable and have been transplanted for up to six consecutive passages.
Derivatives
transplantaˈbility n. capability of being transplanted.
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the world > movement > transference > [noun] > ability to be
transferrableness1804
transplantability1811
the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > transplanting and grafting operations > [noun] > ability to be
transplantability1913
1811 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 31 448 The transplantability of the fossils.
1867 T. Archer in J. Macfarlane Mem. T. Archer vii. 185 Some plants are famed for transplantibility.
1913 Jrnl. Exper. Med. 17 482 (heading) Transplantability of tissues to the embryo of foreign species.
1977 Nature 6 Jan. 56/1 Increased malignancy of lymphoma cells [was] expressed by serial transplantability and capacity for widespread metastases.
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adj.1656