Noun: transplantation ,tran(t)s,plãn'tey-shun or ,trãnz,plãn'tey-shun
- An operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient)
"the long-term results of cardiac transplantation are now excellent";
- transplant, organ transplant
- The act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location
"she returned to Alabama because she could not bear transplantation";
- transplant, transplanting
Derived forms: transplantations
Type of: movement, op [informal], operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process
Encyclopedia: Transplantation, heterologous