Meaning & Definition of Transplantation in English

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"

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"