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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient);
- Example: "he had a kidney transplant"
- Example: "the long-term results of cardiac transplantation are now excellent"
- Example: "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;
- Example: "the transplant did not flower until the second year"
- Example: "too frequent transplanting is not good for families"
- Example: "she returned to Alabama because she could not bear transplantation"
[syn: transplant, transplantation, transplanting]



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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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]