organ transplant surgerynoun [ U ]
uk/ˌɔː.ɡən ˈtræn.splɑːnt ˌsɜː.dʒər.i//ˌɔːr.ɡən ˈtræn.splænt ˌsɝː.dʒɚ.i/US UK spare part surgerythe process of taking a healthy organ such as a heart or lung from a person who has just died and putting it into a living person to replace an organ that is not working properly
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Medical treatment: surgery
- ablate
- adrenalectomy
- amputate
- anaesthesiology
- anastomose
- anesthesiology
- circumcise
- collagen
- eviscerate
- frontal lobotomy
- implant
- keyhole surgery
- laminectomy
- laparoscopic
- laparoscopy
- laparotomy
- ligation
- nose job
- transplant
- tuck
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