transplant
verb
• move or transfer (someone or something) to another place or situation.
• "it was proposed to transplant the club to the vacant site"
Similar:
transfer,
transport,
move,
remove,
shift,
convey,
displace,
relocate,
reposition,
resettle,
take,
carry,
fetch,
bring,
• take (living tissue or an organ) and implant it in another part of the body or in another body.
• "a kidney was transplanted from one identical twin to another"
transplant
noun
• an operation in which an organ or tissue is transplanted.
• "a heart transplant"
• a person or thing that has been moved to a new place or situation.
• "both old-time residents and new transplants have deep loyalty to their community"
Origin:
late Middle English (as a verb describing the repositioning of a plant): from late Latin transplantare, from Latin trans- ‘across’ + plantare ‘to plant’. The noun, first in sense 2, dates from the mid 18th century.
