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English Dictionary: Transplantation by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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"
    Synonym(s): 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"
    Synonym(s): transplant, transplantation, transplanting
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.
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