transplantation
noun/ˌtrænsplɑːnˈteɪʃn/
/ˌtrænsplænˈteɪʃn/
[uncountable]- the process of taking an organ, skin, etc. from one person, animal, part of the body, etc. and putting it into or onto another
- liver/kidney/heart/lung/organ transplantation
- patients who undergo bone marrow transplantation
- the process of moving a growing plant and planting it somewhere else
- The seedlings are now ready for transplantation.
- (formal) the act of moving somebody/something to a different place or environment
- the transplantation of entire communities overseas
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