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Forty-one-year-old Patrick Hardison is recovering well after a rare and new medical treatment in a New York hospital.
Transplant.
Hardison remains in the hospital where the medical staff monitors him for a possible rejection of the new tissue, which is common after transplant surgeries.
Rodriguez, who led the procedure on Hardison, said face transplants are not common.
A transplant is when a patient receives an organ or other part of the body from someone else.
Transplant can also mean to move people or items from one place to another.
Now when you hear the word transplant, you will know what this newsword means.
