Transplantation - Definition

n 1: an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor)
to another (the recipient); "he had a kidney transplant";
"the long-term results of cardiac transplantation are now
excellent"; "a child had a multiple organ transplant two
months ago" [syn: transplant, transplantation, organ
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"; "too frequent transplanting is
not good for families"; "she returned to Alabama because she
could not bear transplantation" [syn: transplant,
transplantation, transplanting]