Transplant vs Antirejection - What's the difference?
transplant | antirejection |
To uproot (a growing plant), and plant it in another place.
To remove (something) and establish its residence in another place; to resettle or relocate.
(medicine) To transfer (tissue or an organ) from one body to another, or from one part of a body to another.
An act of uprooting and moving (something).
Anything that is transplanted.
(medicine) An operation in which tissue or an organ is transplanted.
(medicine) A transplanted organ or tissue.
(US) Someone who is not native to their area of residence.
* 2012 , Lauren Collins, The New Yorker , 29 Oct 2012:
(medicine) Acting to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ or tissue
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=April 5, author=Pat Borzi, title=For a Reds Prospect, Dreaming the Big League Dream, Again, work=New York Times
, passage=Like most transplant recipients, Kainer takes daily antirejection medication and takes precautions for a diminished immune system. }}
In medicine|lang=en terms the difference between transplant and antirejection
is that transplant is (medicine) a transplanted organ or tissue while antirejection is (medicine) acting to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ or tissue.As a verb transplant
is to uproot (a growing plant), and plant it in another place.As a noun transplant
is an act of uprooting and moving (something).As an adjective antirejection is
(medicine) acting to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ or tissue.transplant
English
Verb
(transplanting) (en verb)Noun
(en noun)- The Seigneur summoned the island's doctor, a young transplant from London named Peter Counsell, who determined that Mrs. Beaumont had suffered a stroke.
antirejection
English
Adjective
(-)citation