Word Study
transpiring |
transplace |
transplacental |
transplant |
transplantable |
transplantation
| transplanter
| transplanting
| transplendency
| transplendent
| transpolar
transplantation
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun transplantation has 2 senses
- transplantation(n = noun.act) organ transplant, transplant - 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" is a kind of operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process
- transplantation(n = noun.act) transplant, transplanting - 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" is a kind of movement
has particulars: corneal graft, corneal transplant, keratoplasty, xenotransplant, xenotransplantation
Derived form verb transplant3
Derived form verb transplant1
CIDE DICTIONARY
transplantation, n. [Cf. F. transplantation.].
- The act of transplanting, or the state of being transplanted; also, removal. [1913 Webster]"The transplantation of Ulysses to Sparta." [1913 Webster]
- The removal of tissues from a healthy part, and the insertion of them in another place where there is a lesion; as, the transplantation of tissues in autoplasty. [1913 Webster]
- The removal of a bodily organ or of tissues from one person, and the insertion of them into another person to replace a damaged organ or tissue; as, the transplantation of a heart, kidney, or liver. [1913 Webster]
ROGET THESAURUS
transplantation
Transference
N transfer, transference, translocation, elocation, displacement, metastasis, metathesis, removal, remotion, amotion, relegation, deportation, asportation, extradition, conveyance, draft, carrying, carriage, convection, conduction, contagion, transfer, transit, transition, passage, ferry, gestation, portage, porterage, carting, cartage, shoveling, vection, vecture, vectitation, shipment, freight, wafture, transmission, transport, transportation, importation, exportation, transumption, transplantation, translation, shifting, dodging, dispersion, transposition, traction, drift, transferred, drifted, movable, portable, portative, mailable, contagious, from hand to hand, from pillar to post, on the way, by the way, on the road, on the wing, under way, in transit, on course, as one goes, in transitu, en route, chemin faisant, en passant, in mid progress, in mid course.
For further exploring for "transplantation" in Webster Dictionary Online
