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transplant

[trans-plant, -plahnt, trans-plant, -plahnt] / trænsˈplænt, -ˈplɑnt, ˈtrænsˌplænt, -ˌplɑnt /


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There is one heart transplant centre in Scotland.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

The 26-year-old, who underwent a heart transplant in 2012, began taking an off-label prescription for everolimus, a generic version of Novartis’s anti-rejection drug Zortress, a year later.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

Life expectancy can be extended through a lung transplant, but even then the fatal disease will continue to progress.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

The coastal village of Onna -- home to the Okinawa science institute -- has been spearheading efforts since 1999 to breed corals and transplant them into the sea.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

We watched a newscast that said that a guy had got a heart transplant.

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers

“The percentage of workers who have either received lung transplants or who are awaiting lung transplants is astoundingly high.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

This has a direct impact on the more than 100,000 patients currently awaiting lifesaving transplants, whose lives depend on Americans saying “yes” to organ donation.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

His family said that Pearce, a registered organ donor, donated six organs, helping seven people in urgent need of transplants.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

Doctors predicted he wouldn't make his first birthday, but he battled on and had heart transplants when he was aged 25 and 35.

From BBC Jun. 20, 2026

Or we move because someone transplants us to a new location.

From "Wishtree" by Katherine Applegate

The feat followed trial and error that initially saw him mollycoddle corals in stress-free environments, but those easily perished in the ocean once transplanted.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

Based on a 1998 Vibe magazine article about street racing import cars in New York, the film was transplanted to Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 22, 2026

While transplanted hair can already grow, recreating follicles that can behave like the natural hair inside the body - repeatedly growing, shedding and regrowing over time - has proved far more difficult.

From BBC Jun. 3, 2026

The painting was eventually transplanted to Jerusalem, where much of Kafka’s archives are also held.

From The Wall Street Journal May 15, 2026

At around thirteen she began to develop breasts; she lost weight, her waist thinned out, and she shot up like a transplanted tree.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

It found that direct injection of seeds into the seabed, along with the transplanting of small intact patches of seagrass had delivered the best results.

From BBC Feb. 4, 2026

In practice, he argues, many innovations grow out of existing ones, often by borrowing or transplanting concepts from one field to another.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 30, 2026

She was a master gardener, expert at transplanting Japanese maples, according to her neighbor, Patty Hall.

From Los Angeles Times May 15, 2025

Another team in China previously reported transplanting such a liver into a patient who had been declared brain-dead.

From Science Magazine Jun. 5, 2024

The transplanting would also need to be done perfectly, but Jiichan was most worried about the “foundation.”

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata




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