transplant transplantation
transplanting | the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location, the transplant did not flower until the second year, too frequent transplanting is not good for families, she returned to Alabama because she could not bear transplantation |
keratoplasty
corneal graft
corneal transplant | a surgical procedure in which part or all of a damaged or diseased cornea is replaced by healthy corneal tissue from a donor |
| transplant transplantation organ transplant | an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient), he had a kidney transplant, the long-term results of cardiac transplantation are now excellent, a child had a multiple organ transplant two months ago |
graft
transplant | (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient, in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient |
| lichen | any thallophytic plant of the division Lichenes, occur as crusty patches or bushy growths on tree trunks or rocks or bare ground etc. |
| manna lichen | any of several Old World partially crustaceous or shrubby lecanoras that roll up and are blown about over African and Arabian deserts and used as food by people and animals |
beard lichen
beard moss
Usnea barbata | greenish grey pendulous lichen growing on trees |
horsehair lichen
horsetail lichen | any of several lichens of the genus Alectoria having a thallus consisting of filaments resembling hair |
reindeer moss
reindeer lichen
arctic moss
Cladonia rangiferina | an erect greyish branching lichen of Arctic and even some north temperate regions constituting the chief food for reindeer and caribou and sometimes being eaten by humans |
Iceland moss
Iceland lichen
Cetraria islandica | lichen with branched flattened partly erect thallus that grows in mountainous and Arctic regions, used as a medicine or food for humans and livestock, a source of glycerol |
| lichen | any of several eruptive skin diseases characterized by hard thick lesions grouped together and resembling lichens growing on rocks |
lichen planus
lichen ruber planus | an eruption of shiny flat-topped purplish (usually itchy) papules on the wrist and forearms and thighs |
transfer
transpose transplant | transfer from one place or period to another, The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America |
transplant
graft | place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient |
transplant
transfer | lift and reset in another soil or situation, Transplant the young rice plants |
| transplant | be transplantable, These delicate plants do not transplant easily |