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transplantation

noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about transplantation at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. An operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient).
    he had a kidney transplant
  2. The act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location.
    the transplant did not flower until the second year

Origin

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

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