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transplantation

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A surgical operation in which an organ is moved from a donor to a recipient; an organ transplant.

A particular instance of such an operation (a single procedure): a transplant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The resettlement of a group of people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • 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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: transplant, transplanting

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: movement

6

noun

Meaning 6

an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • 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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: transplant, organ transplant

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process

Narrower terms: keratoplasty, corneal graft, corneal transplant, xenotransplant, xenotransplantation

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

54 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: преселване (preselvane) — The resettlement of a group of people
  • Finnish: väestönsiirto — The resettlement of a group of people
  • German: Umsiedlung — The resettlement of a group of people
  • Macedonian: преселување (preseluvanje) — The resettlement of a group of people
  • Māori: whakanohonga — The resettlement of a group of people
  • Māori: whakanohonohonga — The resettlement of a group of people
  • Māori: whakanōhanga — The resettlement of a group of people
  • Russian: переселе́ние (pereselénije) — The resettlement of a group of people
  • Spanish: trasplante — The resettlement of a group of people
  • Spanish: trasplantación — The resettlement of a group of people
  • Spanish: transplantación (DEA) — The resettlement of a group of people
  • Armenian: փոխպատվաստում (pʻoxpatvastum) — A surgical operation
  • Belarusian: транспланта́цыя (transplantácyja) — A surgical operation
  • Bulgarian: транспланта́ция (transplantácija) — A surgical operation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 移植 (yízhí) — A surgical operation
  • Czech: transplantace — A surgical operation
  • Finnish: elimensiirto — A surgical operation
  • French: transplantation — A surgical operation
  • German: Transplantation — A surgical operation
  • Haitian Creole: transplantasyon — A surgical operation
  • Hindi: प्रत्यारोपण (pratyāropaṇ) — A surgical operation
  • Hungarian: átültetés — A surgical operation
  • Hungarian: szervátültetés — A surgical operation
  • Indonesian: pencangkokan — A surgical operation
  • Indonesian: transplantasi — A surgical operation
  • Italian: trapianto — A surgical operation
  • Italian: trapiantazione — A surgical operation
  • Japanese: 移植 (ishoku) — A surgical operation
  • Kazakh: транспланттау (transplanttau) — A surgical operation
  • Kazakh: ауыстырып салу (auystyryp salu) — A surgical operation
  • Kazakh: ауыстырып қондыру (auystyryp qondyru) — A surgical operation
  • Macedonian: пресадување (presaduvanje) — A surgical operation
  • Malay: pemindahan — A surgical operation
  • Malay: pencedungan — A surgical operation
  • Māori: huarangatanga — A surgical operation
  • Polish: transplantacja — A surgical operation
  • Polish: przeszczep — A surgical operation
  • Portuguese: transplantação — A surgical operation
  • Russian: транспланта́ция (transplantácija) — A surgical operation
  • Russian: переса́дка (peresádka) — A surgical operation
  • Spanish: trasplante — A surgical operation
  • Spanish: trasplantación — A surgical operation
  • Spanish: transplantación (DEA) — A surgical operation
  • Swahili: upandikizaji — A surgical operation
  • Swedish: transplantation — A surgical operation
  • Bulgarian: пресаждане (presaždane) — The uprooting of a tree and planting it in a new location
  • Finnish: siirtoistutus — The uprooting of a tree and planting it in a new location
  • German: Umpflanzung — The uprooting of a tree and planting it in a new location
  • Japanese: 植え替え (uekae) — The uprooting of a tree and planting it in a new location
  • Māori: huarangatanga — The uprooting of a tree and planting it in a new location
  • Russian: переса́живание (peresáživanije) — The uprooting of a tree and planting it in a new location
  • Spanish: trasplantación — The uprooting of a tree and planting it in a new location
  • Spanish: trasplante — The uprooting of a tree and planting it in a new location
  • Spanish: transplantación (DEA) — The uprooting of a tree and planting it in a new location
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