- Transplant, lung
- The first lung transplant was done by the American surgeon James Hardy (1918-) in 1964.
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Transplant, lung
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transplant — transplantable, adj. transplantation, n. transplanter, n. v. /trans plant , plahnt /; n. /trans plant , plahnt /, v.t. 1. to remove (a plant) from one place and plant it in another. 2. Surg. to transfer (an organ, tissue, etc.) from one part of… … Universalium
Lung allocation score — The lung allocation score (LAS) is a numerical value used by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) to assign relative priority for distributing donated lungs for transplantation within the United States. The lung allocation score takes into … Wikipedia
transplant — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ organ ▪ bone marrow, heart, kidney, liver, lung, stem cell, etc. VERB + TRANSPLANT … Collocations dictionary
transplant — 01. A 3 year old boy received a liver [transplant] in an 18 hour operation. 02. It took my uncle several months to recover from his heart [transplant] operation. 03. There is always a shortage of organs for [transplantation] in our hospitals. 04 … Grammatical examples in English
Transplant, heart — A surgical procedure in which a diseased heart is replaced with a healthy heart from a deceased person. The world’s first heart transplant was done on December 3, 1967 by South African surgeon Christiaan Bernard (1922 2001). The recipient… … Medical dictionary
lung — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ collapsed, diseased, injured, punctured ▪ healthy ▪ transplanted VERB + LUNG ▪ … Collocations dictionary
Lung transplant — The first lung transplant was done by the American surgeon James Hardy (1918 ) in 1964 … Medical dictionary
