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Transplant
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 the case of a skin graft using the patient’s own skin; or from one patient to another (allogenic transplantation), as in the case of transplanting a donor kidney into a recipient.
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1. To transfer from one part to another, as in grafting and transplantation. 2. The tissue or organ in grafting and transplantation. SEE ALSO: graft. [trans- + L. planto, to plant]
- Gallie t. narrow strips of the femoral fascia lata used for suture material.
- hair t. autografts of punch biopsies of hair-bearing skin, such as occipital scalp, onto frontal scalp in male pattern alopecia.

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trans·plant tran(t)s-'plant vt to transfer from one place to another esp to transfer (an organ or tissue) from one part or individual to another
trans·plant 'tran(t)s-.plant n
1) something (as an organ or part) that is transplanted
2) the act or process of transplanting: TRANSPLANTATION <performed a kidney \transplant>

Medical dictionary. 2011.