- liver transplant
- instance in which a liver from one person is inserted into another person (Medicine)
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
liver transplant
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Liver transplantation — Intervention Human liver ICD 9 CM 50.5 … Wikipedia
transplant — 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… … Universalium
transplant — 01. A 3 year old boy received a liver [transplant] in an 18 hour operation. 02. It took my uncle several months to recover from his heart [transplant] operation. 03. There is always a shortage of organs for [transplantation] in our hospitals. 04 … Grammatical examples in English
liver — 1. noun lɪvə(r) a) A large organ in the body that stores and metabolizes nutrients, destroys toxins and produces bile. It is responsible for thousands of biochemical reactions. Steve Jobs is a famous liver transplant recipient. b) This organ, as… … Wiktionary
Transplant rejection — Classification and external resources Micrograph showing lung transplant rejection. Lung biopsy. H E stain. ICD … Wikipedia
Liver — For other uses, see Liver (disambiguation). Liver Liver of a sheep: (1) right lobe, (2) left lobe, (3) caudate lobe, (4) quadrate lobe, (5) hepatic artery and portal vein, (6) hepatic lymph nodes, (7) gall bladder … Wikipedia
transplant — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ organ ▪ bone marrow, heart, kidney, liver, lung, stem cell, etc. VERB + TRANSPLANT … Collocations dictionary
liver — noun 1 organ in the body ADJECTIVE ▪ diseased, enlarged, fatty ▪ healthy, normal ▪ donor ▪ a nationwide appeal for a donor liver … Collocations dictionary
transplant — 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… … English dictionary
transplant — 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… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
