transplantation
The medicosurgical specialty concerned with such operationsA surgical operation in which an organ is moved from a donor to a recipient; an organ transplant.: The medicosurgical specialty (field) concerned with such operations.
» The next discussion concerns the transplantation of prenatal tissues.
Meaning
4 sensesA surgical operation in which an organ is moved from a donor to a recipient; an organ transplant.
(countable, uncountable)The medicosurgical specialty (field) concerned with such operations.
Transplantation
транспланта́цияtransplantácija, переса́дкаperesádka
(countable, uncountable)A particular instance of such an operation (a single procedure): a transplant.
(countable, uncountable)The uprooting of a tree and planting it in a new location.
Umpflanzung
переса́живаниеperesáživanije
(countable, uncountable)The resettlement of a group of people.
Umsiedlung
переселе́ниеpereselénije
- the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location
- an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient)
Examples
1 sentencesThe next discussion concerns the transplantation of prenatal tissues.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 3
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Origin
From Middle French transplantation, from transplanter (“to transplant”) + -ation (suffix iFrom Middle French transplantation, from transplanter (“to transplant”) + -ation (suffix indicating an action or process).
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Forms
plural: transplantations| Singular | transplantation |
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Synonyms
3 synonyms- the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location:transplanttransplanting
- an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient):transplantorgan transplant
Word family
21 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable