Transplant

Transplant

The surgical procedure that involves removing a functional organ from either a deceased or living donor and implanting it in a patient needing a functional organ to replace their nonfunctional organ.

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Grafting solid tissue (such as a kidney or heart) or cells (particularly bone marrow) from one individual to another.

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