移い植しょく

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しょ

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

transplanting (plants); grafting

botany

Botanical use: moving a plant from one place to another, or grafting a scion onto a stock.

苗なえを畑はたけに移い植しょくする。
Transplant the seedlings into the field.
桜さくらの

枝えだ

を

台だい

木ぎ

に

移い

植しょく

し

た

。

I grafted a cherry branch onto the rootstock.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

transplantation (organs/tissue); transplant

medicine

Medical use: surgical transfer of an organ, tissue, or cells from a donor to a recipient.

彼かれは心しん臓ぞう移い植しょく手しゅ術じゅつを受うけた。
He underwent heart transplant surgery.
骨こつ髄ずいを患かん者じゃに移い植しょくする。
Transplant bone marrow into the patient.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

embryo transfer; embryo transplant

medicinebiology

Medical/biological use: transferring an embryo into a uterus, often in the context of assisted reproduction or animal breeding.

Written forms

移い植しょくUsage99%
Standard kanji form for all senses.
移い殖しょくUsage1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 殖 suggests breeding or propagation, but 移植 is overwhelmingly preferred.

Kanji

移shift, move, change
植plant
殖augment, increase, multiply

Similar words

植うえる
植える means 'to plant' (putting a plant into the ground), while 移植 focuses on moving an already growing plant to a new location.
移い植しょく手しゅ術じゅつ
移植手術 explicitly means 'transplant surgery', whereas 移植 alone can refer to the procedure or the concept of transplantation.

Etymology

Compound of 移 (i, 'move') + 植 (shoku, 'plant'). The core meaning is 'move and plant/place', extended metaphorically to medical grafting, embryo transfer, and software porting.