Definitions

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  • verb To transplant (something) again
  • verb To perform organ transplantation again

Etymologies

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re- +‎ transplant

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Examples

  • The surgeon determined she would not survive this if she was not given a retransplant.

    CNN Transcript Feb 20, 2003 2003

  • ZAHN: And Mack Mahoney just said the surgeons have given her a 50-50 chance of surviving this retransplant.

    CNN Transcript Feb 20, 2003 2003

  • Her doctors at Duke University have said that they believed that she would not survive this unless she was given a retransplant.

    CNN Transcript Feb 20, 2003 2003

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