About The Word Transplantation
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Transplantation
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What's The Definition Of Transplantation?
[n] the act of uprooting and moving a plant to a new location; "the transplant was successful"; "too frequent transplanting is not good for plants"
[n] an operation moving an organ from one person (the donor) to another (the recipient); "he had a kidney transplant" [n] the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind) Synonyms | Synonyms for Transplantation: organ transplant | relocation | resettlement | transplant | transplanting Related Terms | Find terms related to Transplantation: See Also | conveyance | corneal graft | corneal transplant | movement | operation | surgery | surgical operation | surgical procedure | surgical process | transfer | transferral | transportation Transplantation In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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