transplantation

Definitions of transplantation
  1. noun
    the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location
    synonyms: replantation
  2. noun
    an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient)
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    type of:
    opération
    a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
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