transplantation

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transplantation

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

noun transplantations

  1. countable, uncountable The medicosurgical specialty (field) concerned with such operations.
  2. countable, uncountable A particular instance of such an operation (a single procedure): a transplant.
  3. countable, uncountable The uprooting of a tree and planting it in a new location. There is no tree admits of transplantation so well as the Elm, for a tree of twenty years growth will admit of a remove.
  4. countable, uncountable The resettlement of a group of people.

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Closest in meaning: resettlement, relocation, transfer, donation, registry, merger, registrar, imprint, cultivation, implantation, planting, grafting, kidney, graft, registries, implant

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noun A surgical operation

Españoltrasplante, trasplantación, transplantación (DEA)
日本語移植 ishoku
中文移植 yízhí
हिन्दीप्रत्यारोपण pratyāropaṇ
Kiswahiliupandikizaji
Portuguêstransplantação
Françaistransplantation
DeutschTransplantation
Italianotrapianto, trapiantazione
Русскийтранспланта́ция transplantácija, переса́дка peresádka

noun The uprooting of a tree and planting it in a new location

Españoltrasplantación, trasplante, transplantación (DEA)
日本語植え替え uekae
DeutschUmpflanzung
Русскийпереса́живание peresáživanije

noun The resettlement of a group of people

Españoltrasplante, trasplantación, transplantación (DEA)
DeutschUmsiedlung
Русскийпереселе́ние pereselénije

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@misc{transplantation_2026,
  title = {transplantation},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/transplantation},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}