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transplant vs autograft

autograft vs transplant

transplant and autograft both are nouns.

transplant is a verb but autograft is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
transplant Yes No Yes No
autograft Yes No No No
As nouns, autograft is a hyponym of transplant; that is, autograft is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than transplant:
  • transplant: (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient
  • autograft: tissue that is taken from one site and grafted to another site on the same person
Other hyponyms of transplant include autoplasty, allograft, homograft, heterograft, xenograft.
transplant (noun) autograft (noun)
the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location tissue that is taken from one site and grafted to another site on the same person
an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient)
(surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient
transplant (verb) autograft (verb)
transfer from one place or period to another
place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient
lift and reset in another soil or situation
be transplantable
Difference between transplant and autograft

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