| transplant | | |
| n. (body) | 1. graft, transplant | (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient. |
| ~ animal tissue | the tissue in the bodies of animals. |
| ~ autograft, autoplasty | tissue that is taken from one site and grafted to another site on the same person.; "skin from his thigh replaced the burned skin on his arms" |
| ~ allograft, 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. |
| ~ heterograft, xenograft | tissue from an animal of one species used as a temporary graft (as in cases of severe burns) on an individual of another species. |
| ~ surgery | the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures.; "he is professor of surgery at the Harvard Medical School" |
| n. (act) | 2. organ transplant, transplant, transplantation | 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" |
| ~ surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process, surgery, operation | a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body.; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery" |
| ~ corneal graft, corneal transplant, keratoplasty | a surgical procedure in which part or all of a damaged or diseased cornea is replaced by healthy corneal tissue from a donor. |
| ~ xenotransplant, xenotransplantation | a surgical procedure in which tissue or whole organs are transfered from one species to another species. |
| n. (act) | 3. 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" |
| ~ movement | the act of changing the location of something.; "the movement of cargo onto the vessel" |
| v. (motion) | 4. transfer, transplant | lift and reset in another soil or situation.; "Transplant the young rice plants" |
| ~ displace | cause to move, usually with force or pressure.; "the refugees were displaced by the war" |
| ~ transplant | be transplantable.; "These delicate plants do not transplant easily" |
| v. (stative) | 5. transplant | be transplantable.; "These delicate plants do not transplant easily" |
| ~ transplant, transfer | lift and reset in another soil or situation.; "Transplant the young rice plants" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (contact) | 6. graft, transplant | place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient. |
| ~ infix, insert, introduce, enter | put or introduce into something.; "insert a picture into the text" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| v. (change) | 7. transfer, transplant, transpose | transfer from one place or period to another.; "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America" |
| ~ shift | move from one setting or context to another.; "shift the emphasis"; "shift one's attention" |
| rear | | |
| n. (group) | 1. rear | the back of a military formation or procession.; "infantrymen were in the rear" |
| ~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
| ~ formation | an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit.; "a defensive formation"; "a formation of planes" |
| n. (location) | 2. back end, backside, rear | the side of an object that is opposite its front.; "his room was toward the rear of the hotel" |
| ~ nape, nucha, scruff | the back side of the neck. |
| ~ side, face | a surface forming part of the outside of an object.; "he examined all sides of the crystal"; "dew dripped from the face of the leaf" |
| ~ rearward | direction toward the rear.; "his outfit marched to the rearward of the tank divisions" |
| n. (location) | 3. back, rear | the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer.; "he stood at the back of the stage"; "it was hidden in the rear of the store" |
| ~ position, place | the particular portion of space occupied by something.; "he put the lamp back in its place" |
| n. (body) | 4. arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush | the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" |
| ~ body part | any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity. |
| ~ torso, trunk, body | the body excluding the head and neck and limbs.; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies" |
| n. (artifact) | 5. back, rear | the side that goes last or is not normally seen.; "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph" |
| ~ side | an extended outer surface of an object.; "he turned the box over to examine the bottom side"; "they painted all four sides of the house" |
| ~ after part, stern, poop, tail, quarter | the rear part of a ship. |
| ~ empennage, tail assembly, tail | the rear part of an aircraft. |
| v. (motion) | 6. rear, rise up | stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds.; "The horse reared in terror" |
| ~ rear back | rear backwards on its hind legs.; "the frightened horse reared back" |
| ~ straighten | get up from a sitting or slouching position.; "The students straightened when the teacher entered" |
| v. (social) | 7. bring up, nurture, parent, raise, rear | bring up.; "raise a family"; "bring up children" |
| ~ fledge | feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight. |
| ~ cradle | bring up from infancy. |
| ~ grow up | become an adult. |
| ~ foster | bring up under fosterage; of children. |
| v. (stative) | 8. lift, rear, rise | rise up.; "The building rose before them" |
| ~ appear, seem, look | give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect.; "She seems to be sleeping"; "This appears to be a very difficult problem"; "This project looks fishy"; "They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time" |
| ~ hulk, tower, loom, predominate | appear very large or occupy a commanding position.; "The huge sculpture predominates over the fountain"; "Large shadows loomed on the canyon wall" |
| v. (motion) | 9. erect, rear | cause to rise up. |
| ~ pitch, set up | erect and fasten.; "pitch a tent" |
| ~ lift, elevate, raise, get up, bring up | raise from a lower to a higher position.; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load" |
| ~ cock up, prick up, prick | raise.; "The dog pricked up his ears" |
| v. (creation) | 10. erect, put up, raise, rear, set up | construct, build, or erect.; "Raise a barn" |
| ~ construction, building | the act of constructing something.; "during the construction we had to take a detour"; "his hobby was the building of boats" |
| ~ build, construct, make | make by combining materials and parts.; "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer" |
| adj. | 11. rear, rearward | located in or toward the back or rear.; "the chair's rear legs"; "the rear door of the plane"; "on the rearward side" |
| ~ back | related to or located at the back.; "the back yard"; "the back entrance" |
| behind | | |
| adj. | 1. behind | having the lower score or lagging position in a contest.; "behind by two points"; "the 8th inning found the home team trailing" |
| ~ down | being or moving lower in position or less in some value.; "lay face down"; "the moon is down"; "our team is down by a run"; "down by a pawn"; "the stock market is down today" |
| adv. | 2. behind | in or to or toward the rear.; "he followed behind"; "seen from behind, the house is more imposing than it is from the front"; "the final runners were far behind" |
| adv. | 3. behind | remaining in a place or condition that has been left or departed from.; "when he died he left much unfinished work behind"; "left a large family behind"; "the children left their books behind"; "he took off with a squeal of tires and left the other cars far behind" |
| adv. | 4. behind, slow | of timepieces.; "the clock is almost an hour slow"; "my watch is running behind" |
| adv. | 5. behind | in or into an inferior position.; "fell behind in his studies"; "their business was lagging behind in the competition for customers" |
| adv. | 6. behind, behindhand, in arrears | in debt.; "he fell behind with his mortgage payments"; "a month behind in the rent"; "a company that has been run behindhand for years"; "in arrears with their utility bills" |
| behind | | |
| rear | | |
Recent comments
5 weeks 1 day ago
9 weeks 2 days ago
10 weeks 5 days ago
26 weeks 19 hours ago
26 weeks 19 hours ago
26 weeks 21 hours ago
26 weeks 5 days ago
30 weeks 6 days ago
31 weeks 6 days ago
32 weeks 4 days ago