Transplantation
Trans`plan`ta´tion
| n. | 1. | The act of transplanting, or the state of being transplanted; also, removal. |
| 2. | (Surg.) The removal of tissues from a healthy part, and the insertion of them in another place where there is a lesion; | |
| 3. | (Surg.) The removal of a bodily organ or of tissues from one person, and the insertion of them into another person to replace a damaged organ or tissue; |
| Noun | 1. |  transplantation - the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind)Synonyms: relocation, resettlement |
| 2. |  transplantation - an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient); "he had a kidney transplant"Synonyms: organ transplant, transplant | |
| 3. | transplantation - the act of uprooting and moving a plant to a new location; "the transplant was successful"; "too frequent transplanting is not good for plants" Synonyms: transplanting, transplant |