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transplantation

See also: Transplantation

English

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Etymology

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From Middle French transplantation, from transplanter (“to transplant”) + -ation (suffix indicating an action or process).[1]

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transplantation (countable and uncountable, plural transplantations)

  1. The resettlement of a group of people.
  2. A surgical operation in which an organ is moved from a donor to a recipient; an organ transplant.
    1. The medicosurgical specialty (field) concerned with such operations.
    2. A particular instance of such an operation (a single procedure): a transplant.
  3. The uprooting of a tree and planting it in a new location.
    • 1761, John Mordant, The Complete Steward:
      There is no tree admits of transplantation so well as the Elm, for a tree of twenty years growth will admit of a remove.

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  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “transplantation”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

French

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Etymology

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From transplanter +‎ -ation.

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transplantation f (plural transplantations)

  1. transplantation (all senses)

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