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Transplantation

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Noun
  1. 1
    The resettlement of a group of people. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location wordnet
  3. 3
    A surgical operation in which an organ is moved from a donor to a recipient; an organ transplant.; The medicosurgical specialty (field) concerned with such operations. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient) wordnet
  5. 5
    A surgical operation in which an organ is moved from a donor to a recipient; an organ transplant.; A particular instance of such an operation (a single procedure): a transplant. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    The uprooting of a tree and planting it in a new location. countable, uncountable

    "There is no tree admits of transplantation so well as the Elm, for a tree of twenty years growth will admit of a remove."

Etymology

From Middle French transplantation, from transplanter (“to transplant”) + -ation (suffix indicating an action or process).

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