transplantation

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) The resettlement of a group of people.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A surgical operation in which an organ is moved from a donor to a recipient; an organ transplant.
  3. (countable, uncountable) A surgical operation in which an organ is moved from a donor to a recipient; an organ transplant.
  4. (countable, uncountable) The uprooting of a tree and planting it in a new location.

Frequency

48k
Etymology

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

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