trasplante

/tɾasˈplante/ · B2 · noun · m

graft

🫀 trasplante = tras (across) + plante (plant) — move a plant across, then organs

Spanish trasplante comes from trasplantar: tras- (across) + plantar (to plant). Originally it meant uprooting a plant and replanting it elsewhere, and the same idea now covers moving an organ or tissue from one body to another.

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