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organ harvesting

organ harvesting noun: the removal, preservation and use of human organs and tissue from the bodies of the recently deceased to be used in surgical transplants on the living.

Noun

organ harvesting (uncountable)

  1. The removal, preservation and use of human organs and tissue from the bodies of the recently deceased to be used in surgical transplants on the living.

Questions about organ harvesting

What does organ harvesting mean?
Organ harvesting means the removal, preservation and use of human organs and tissue from the bodies of the recently deceased to be used in surgical transplants on the living.
What part of speech is organ harvesting?
Organ harvesting is a noun.

Words near organ harvesting in the dictionary

  1. organ grinders
  2. organ gun
  3. organ guns
  4. organ harmonium
  5. organ harmoniums
  6. organ harvesting
  7. organ loft
  8. organ lofts
  9. organ of Berlese
  10. organ of Chievitz
  11. organ of Corti

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