from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
transplantation
n 1: 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" [syn: {transplant}, {transplantation}, {organ
transplant}]
2: 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" [syn: {transplant},
{transplantation}, {transplanting}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Transplantation \Trans`plan*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F.
transplantation.]
1. The act of transplanting, or the state of being
transplanted; also, removal.
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The transplantation of Ulysses to Sparta. --Broome.
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2. (Surg.) 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.
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