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Transplantation - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Transplantation : (noun)
1: the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a
new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind) [syn:
resettlement, relocation]
2: an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor)
to another (the recipient); "he had a kidney transplant"
[syn: transplant, organ transplant]
3: the act of uprooting and moving a plant to a new location;
"the transplant was successful"; "too frequent
transplanting is not good for plants" [syn: transplant,
transplanting]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Transplantation : \Trans`plan*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F.
transplantation.]
1. The act of transplanting, or the state of being
transplanted; also, removal.
The transplantation of Ulysses to Sparta. --Broome.
2. (Surg.) 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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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Example Usage of Transplantation |
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KURIERat: Krebsniere: "Soll nie wieder passieren": Die Transplantation eines kranken Organs brachte einem Dialysepatiente.. http://bit.ly/8RrrG3 |
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Traumurlaub: @MartinKalus .. Freude für Merle nach Herz-Transplantation .. |
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spafm: ^^Kurier Krebsniere: "Soll nie wieder passieren": Die Transplantation eines kranken Organs bra.. http://tinyurl.com/yevk38l ^^Kurier |
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