transplant
Definitions
To move a plant from one place and set it down in another.
移栽，移植（植物）
To transfer an organ or tissue from one body to another by surgery.
移植（器官、组织）
To move a person or thing to a new place or context.
使迁移，移居
An operation transferring an organ; the organ transferred.
移植手术；移植的器官
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedtrans- (across) + plant (set in the ground) = lift something out and set it down across, in new ground. Originally about moving a seedling to a new spot; medicine borrowed the gardening image for moving an organ from one body into another.
Root plant still carries 8 more wordsUsage Guide
- Gardening (neutral): transplant seedlings into bigger pots
- Medicine (technical): a heart/kidney transplant — the most common modern use
- Relocation (informal): she's a New York transplant living in Texas — someone who moved
- Stress shift: verb trans-PLANT (doctors trans-PLANTED the kidney) vs noun TRANS-plant (he needs a TRANS-plant).
Example Sentences
- 1.
It's best to transplant the seedlings once they have four leaves.
- 2.
She has been waiting two years for a kidney transplant.
- 3.
The surgeons successfully transplanted a donor heart into the patient.
- 4.
Many tech workers are transplants from the coasts who moved for cheaper rent.