TRANSPLANTATION

transplant, transplantation, transplanting

(noun) the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location; “the transplant did not flower until the second year”; “too frequent transplanting is not good for families”; “she returned to Alabama because she could not bear transplantation”

transplant, transplantation, organ transplant

(noun) an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient); “he had a kidney transplant”; “the long-term results of cardiac transplantation are now excellent”; “a child had a multiple organ transplant two months ago”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Noun

transplantation (countable and uncountable, plural transplantations)

The resettlement of a group of people.

A surgical operation in which an organ is moved from a donor to a recipient; an organ transplant.

The uprooting of a tree and planting it in a new location.

Source: Wiktionary

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Trans`plan*ta"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. transplantation.]

1. The act of transplanting, or the state of being transplanted; also, removal. The transplantation of Ulysses to Sparta. Broome.

2. (Surg.)

Definition: The removal of tissues from a healthy part, and the insertion of them in another place where there is a lesion; as, the transplantation of tissues in autoplasty. 3. (Surg.)

Definition: The removal of a bodily organ or of tissues from one person, and the insertion of them into another person to replace a damaged organ or tissue; as, the transplantation of a heart, kidney, or liver.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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