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transplantation |
2 definitions found 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: transplantation n 1: the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind) [syn: {resettlement}, {relocation}] 2: an operation moving an organ from one person (the donor) to another (the recipient) [syn: {transplant}]
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