Hypertext Webster Gateway: "transplantation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Transplantation \Trans`plan*ta"tion\, n. [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.) 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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 person (the donor) to
another (the recipient) [syn: {transplant}, {organ
transplant}]
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