Organ transplantation additional cost and logistical complexity to the organ retrieval, preservation and transplant process, but early results suggest it may well be worth it. Hypothermic perfusion is in clinical use for transplantation of kidneys and liver whilst normothermic perfusion has been used effectively in the heart, lung, liver and, less so, in the kidney. Organ transplantation Organ transplantation is a medical procedure in which an organ is removed from one body and placed in the body of a recipient, to replace a damaged or missing organ. The donor and recipient may be at the same location, or organs may be transported
Nominalized adjective Nominalized adjective A nominalized adjective is an adjective that has undergone nominalization, and is thus used as a noun. For example, in "the rich and the poor", the adjectives "rich" and "poor" function as nouns denoting people who are rich and poor respectively. The most common appearance of the nominalized adjective in English is when an adjective is used to indicate a collective group. This happens in the case where a phrase such as "the poor people" becomes "the poor". The adjective "poor" is nominalized, and the noun "people" disappears. Other adjectives commonly used in this way include "rich", "wealthy",