Organ transplant

An organ transplant is the transplantation of a whole or partial organ from one body to another, for the purpose of replacing the recipient's damaged or failing organ with a working one from the donor. Organ donors can be living, or deceased (previously referred to as cadaveric).

See also

• Transplant rejection
• Artificial organ
• Organ donation
• Medical grafting
• Immunosuppression
• Immunosuppressive drug
• Hibernation inducement trigger