transplant patient
1transplant — I UK [ˈtrænsˌplɑːnt] / US [ˈtrænsˌplænt] noun Word forms transplant : singular transplant plural transplants * a) [countable/uncountable] a medical operation in which a new organ is put into someone s body. The organ is taken from the body of… …
2transplant — trans|plant1 [ træns,plænt ] noun * count or uncount a medical operation in which a new organ is put into someone s body. The organ is taken from the body of another person, especially someone who has just died, who is called a donor: There is a… …
3Transplant rejection — Classification and external resources Micrograph showing lung transplant rejection. Lung biopsy. H E stain. ICD …
4transplant — transplantable, adj. transplantation, n. transplanter, n. v. /trans plant , plahnt /; n. /trans plant , plahnt /, v.t. 1. to remove (a plant) from one place and plant it in another. 2. Surg. to transfer (an organ, tissue, etc.) from one part of… …
5Transplant, heart — A surgical procedure in which a diseased heart is replaced with a healthy heart from a deceased person. The world’s first heart transplant was done on December 3, 1967 by South African surgeon Christiaan Bernard (1922 2001). The recipient… …
6transplant — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ organ ▪ bone marrow, heart, kidney, liver, lung, stem cell, etc. VERB + TRANSPLANT …
7transplant — transplants, transplanting, transplanted (The noun is pronounced [[t]træ̱nsplɑːnt, plænt[/t]]. The verb is pronounced [[t]trænsplɑ͟ːnt, plæ̱nt[/t]].) 1) N VAR A transplant is a medical operation in which a part of a person s body is replaced… …
8Transplant — The grafting of a tissue from one place to another, just as in botany a bud from one plant might be grafted onto the stem of another. The transplanting of tissue can be from one part of the patient to another (autologous transplantation), as in… …
9patient — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ AIDS, cancer, cardiac, diabetic, heart, etc. ▪ surgical, transplant ▪ …
10transplant surgeon — A doctor who specializes in transplantation surgery. The surgeon replaces a patient s organ with an organ from another person …
