transplantation

See also: Transplantation

English

Noun

transplantation (countable and uncountable, plural transplantations)

  1. The resettlement of a group of people.
  2. A surgical operation in which an organ is moved from a donor to a recipient; an organ transplant.
  3. The uprooting of a tree and planting it in a new location.
    • 1761, John Mordant, The Complete Steward
      There is no tree admits of transplantation so well as the Elm, for a tree of twenty years growth will admit of a remove.

Translations


French

Etymology

From transplanter + -ation

Pronunciation

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Noun

transplantation f (plural transplantations)

  1. transplantation (all senses)
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