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harvest

verb [I or T] (BODY PARTS)
 
 
/ˈhɑː.vɪst/ US  /ˈhɑːr-/

Definition

to take cells or other body parts from someone for medical use: The donor organ is harvested at the accident scene and rushed to a hospital. There is a lot of controversy surrounding the harvesting of stem cells.Collecting and amassingCellsSurgery
(Definition of harvest verb (BODY PARTS) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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