transplantation

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Definition of transplantation

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A surgical operation in which an organ is moved from a donor to a recipient; an organ transplant.
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A surgical operation in which an organ is moved from a donor to a recipient; an organ transplant.
  2. (countable, uncountable)A surgical operation in which an organ is moved from a donor to a recipient; an organ transplant.
  3. (countable, uncountable)The uprooting of a tree and planting it in a new location.
    “There is no tree admits of transplantation so well as the Elm, for a tree of twenty years growth will admit of a remove.”
  4. (countable, uncountable)The resettlement of a group of people.

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Etymology

From Middle French transplantation, from transplanter (“to transplant”) + -ation (suffix indicating an action or process).

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