transplantable

trans·plant

T0323800 (trăns-plănt′)v. trans·plant·ed, trans·plant·ing, trans·plants v.tr.1. To uproot and replant (a growing plant).2. To transfer from one place or residence to another; resettle or relocate: residents were transplanted to the suburbs during the massive reconstruction project.3. Medicine To transfer (tissue, a body structure, or an organ) from one body to another body or from one part of a body to another part.v.intr. To be capable of being transplanted: plants that transplant well.n. (trăns′plănt′)1. a. The act or process of transplanting something.b. Medicine An operation in which an organ, body part, or other tissue is transplanted: a corneal transplant.2. Something that is transplanted, especially:a. A plant that has been uprooted and replanted in another place.b. Medicine An organ, body part, or other tissue that has been transplanted, as from one person to another.3. A person who has resettled in a different place.

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[Middle English transplaunten, from Old French transplanter, from Late Latin trānsplantāre : Latin trāns, trans- + Latin plantāre, to plant; see plat- in Indo-European roots.]

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trans·plant′a·ble adj.trans′plan·ta′tion n.trans·plant′er n.

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Adj.

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transplantable - capable of being transplanted mobile - moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place); "a mobile missile system"; "the tongue is...the most mobile articulator"