- transplant recipient
- one who has a body part replaced
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
transplant recipient
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recipient — [[t]rɪsɪ̱piənt[/t]] recipients N COUNT: oft N of n The recipient of something is the person who receives it. [FORMAL] ...the largest recipient of American foreign aid... A suppressed immune system puts a transplant recipient at risk of other… … English dictionary
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recipient — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ largest ▪ main, major ▪ intended ▪ She was not the intended recipient of the reward. ▪ ultimate … Collocations dictionary
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… … Medical dictionary
recipient — n. a person who receives something from a donor, such as a blood transfusion or a kidney transplant … The new mediacal dictionary
