transplant
91hair transplant — the surgical transfer of clumps of skin with hair or of viable hair follicles from one site of the body to another, usually performed to correct baldness. Cf. hair implant. [1970 75] * * * hair transplant or hair transplantation, the surgical… …
92embryo transplant — noun see embryo transfer …
93bone-marrow transplant — /bohn mar oh/ Surg. a technique in which a small amount of bone marrow is withdrawn by a syringe from a donor s pelvic bone and injected into a patient whose ability to make new blood cells has been impaired by a disease, as anemia or cancer, or… …
94hair transplant — the surgical transfer of clumps of skin with hair or of viable hair follicles from one site of the body to another, usually performed to correct baldness. Cf. hair implant. [1970 75] * * * …
95organ transplant — noun A surgical operation in which an organ is moved from a donor to a recipient …
96fecal transplant — noun The transference of bacteria from the feces of a donor to the bowel of a patient suffering from colitis or of a Clostridium infection Syn: fecal bacteriotherapy, fecal transfusion …
97genome transplant — noun A procedure in which DNA from one species is transplanted into a cell of another species, and after repeated division of hybrid cells the original cells are destroyed; only achieved in bacteria so far …
98fetal transplant — specific cells taken from a healthy newly aborted fetus and transplanted into a person suffering from a specific disease. These fetal cells take over the function of the specific diseased or damaged cells of the host. Examples are fetal brain… …
99Gallie transplant — strips of fascia lata employed as sutures in the repair of hernias …
100corneal transplant — grafting the transparent outer coat of the eyeball …
