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transplant | x |

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 a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

transplant

English

Verb

(transplanting) (en verb)
  • 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.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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:
  • The Seigneur summoned the island's doctor, a young transplant from London named Peter Counsell, who determined that Mrs. Beaumont had suffered a stroke.

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
  • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.
  • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike
  • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----