Transplantation

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  transplantation
       n 1: the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a
            new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind) [syn:
             {resettlement}, {relocation}]
       2: an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor)
          to another (the recipient); "he had a kidney transplant"
          [syn: {transplant}, {organ transplant}]
       3: the act of uprooting and moving a plant to a new location;
          "the transplant was successful"; "too frequent
          transplanting is not good for plants" [syn: {transplant},
          {transplanting}]