Transplantation

trans·plant  (trns-plnt)

v. trans·plant·ed, trans·plant·ing, trans·plants

v.tr.

1. To uproot and replant (a growing plant).

2. To transfer from one place or residence to another; resettle or relocate.

3. Medicine To transfer (tissue or an organ) from one body or body part to another.

v.intr.

To be capable of undergoing transplantation.

n. (trnsplnt)

1. The act or process of transplanting.

2. Something transplanted.

3. Medicine An operation in which tissue or an organ is transplanted: undergo a heart transplant; surgical transplant of a cornea.

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[Middle English transplaunten, from Old French transplanter, from Late Latin trnsplantre : Latin trns, trans- + Latin plantre, to plant; see plat- in Indo-European roots.]

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trans·planta·ble adj.

transplan·tation n.

trans·planter n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	transplantation - an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient); "he had a kidney transplant"; "the long-term results of cardiac transplantation are now excellent"; "a child had a multiple organ transplant two months ago" organ transplant, transplant surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process, surgery, operation - a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery" corneal graft, corneal transplant, keratoplasty - a surgical procedure in which part or all of a damaged or diseased cornea is replaced by healthy corneal tissue from a donor xenotransplant, xenotransplantation - a surgical procedure in which tissue or whole organs are transfered from one species to another species
	2.	transplantation - the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location; "the transplant did not flower until the second year"; "too frequent transplanting is not good for families"; "she returned to Alabama because she could not bear transplantation" transplanting, transplant movement - the act of changing the location of something; "the movement of cargo onto the vessel"