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beating-heart transplant

beating-heart transplant noun: a heart transplant operation in which the donor heart is kept full of blood and continues to beat in a machine between donor and recipient.

Noun

beating-heart transplant (plural beating-heart transplants)

  1. A heart transplant operation in which the donor heart is kept full of blood and continues to beat in a machine between donor and recipient.

Forms of beating-heart transplant

pluralbeating-heart transplants

Questions about beating-heart transplant

What does beating-heart transplant mean?
Beating-heart transplant means a heart transplant operation in which the donor heart is kept full of blood and continues to beat in a machine between donor and recipient.
What part of speech is beating-heart transplant?
Beating-heart transplant is a noun.
What is the plural of beating-heart transplant?
The plural of beating-heart transplant is beating-heart transplants.

Words near beating-heart transplant in the dictionary

  1. beating to a pulp
  2. beating to the punch
  3. beating up
  4. beating up on
  5. beating with the ugly stick
  6. beating-heart transplant
  7. beating-heart transplants
  8. beatingest
  9. beatings
  10. beatitude
  11. beatitudes

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