transplantation

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transplantation - 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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transplantation - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]