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Definition of transplantation

transplantation

/ˌtræns.plænˈteɪ.ʃən/
trans · plan · ta · tion

Plural:transplantations
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Adjective:transplantational
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1

A medical procedure in which a living tissue or organ is surgically removed from a donor or one part of a body and implanted into a recipient or another part of the same body.

Example

"Advances in immunosuppressive medication have significantly improved patient survival rates following organ transplantation."


2

The act or process of uprooting a growing plant from one location and replanting it in another soil or environment.

Example

"Careful root preparation is essential to minimize shock during the transplantation of mature trees."


3

The act of moving or transferring people, customs, or institutions from their original place to a new environment.

Example

"The historian studied the transplantation of European legal traditions into colonial administrations."

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Word Origin & Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin transplantatio, a noun of action derived from the verb transplantare ('to plant again in a different place'), formed from trans- ('across') and plantare ('to plant').

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