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transplant vs homograft

homograft vs transplant

transplant and homograft both are nouns.

transplant is a verb but homograft is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
transplant Yes No Yes No
homograft Yes No No No
As nouns, homograft is a hyponym of transplant; that is, homograft 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
  • homograft: tissue or organ transplanted from a donor of the same species but different genetic makeup; recipient's immune system must be suppressed to prevent rejection of the graft
Other hyponyms of transplant include autograft, autoplasty, allograft, heterograft, xenograft.
transplant (noun) homograft (noun)
the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location tissue or organ transplanted from a donor of the same species but different genetic makeup; recipient's immune system must be suppressed to prevent rejection of the graft
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) homograft (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
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