41 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 monitor seem for a possible rejection of the new tissue, which is common after transplant surgeries.

Rodriguez, who led the procedure and Hardison, said face transplants are not common.

A transplant is when a patient receives an organ or other parts 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 news word means.