HyperDic: organ_transplant

English > 1 sense of the expression organ transplant:
NOUNactorgan transplant, transplant, transplantationan operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient)
English > organ transplant: 1 sense > noun 1, act
MeaningAn operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient).
Example "a child had a multiple organ transplant two months ago"
Synonymstransplant, transplantation
Narrowerkeratoplasty, corneal graft, corneal transplantA surgical procedure in which part or all of a damaged or diseased cornea is replaced by healthy corneal tissue from a donor
xenotransplant, xenotransplantationA surgical procedure in which tissue or whole organs are transfered from one species to another species
Broaderoperation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical processA medical procedure involving an incision with instruments
Spanishtransplante, trasplante
Catalantrasplantació, trasplantament

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