Transplantation

verb (used with object)
1.
to remove (a plant) from one place and plant it in another.
2.
Surgery. to transfer (an organ, tissue, etc.) from one part of the body to another or from one person or animal to another.
3.
to move from one place to another.
4.
to bring (a family, colony, etc.) from one country, region, etc., to another for settlement; relocate.
verb (used without object)
5.
to undergo or accept transplanting:
to transplant easily.
noun
6.
the act or process of transplanting.
7.
a plant, organ, person, etc., that has been transplanted.
verb (trænsˈplɑːnt)
1.
(transitive) to remove or transfer (esp a plant) from one place to another
2.
(intransitive) to be capable of being transplanted
3.
(surgery) to transfer (an organ or tissue) from one part of the body to another or from one person or animal to another during a grafting or transplant operation
noun (ˈtrænsˌplɑːnt)
4.
(surgery)

the procedure involved in such a transfer
the organ or tissue transplanted

transplantation trans·plan·ta·tion (trāns’plān-tā’shən)
n.
The act or process of transplanting a tissue or an organ from one body or body part to another.

transplant trans·plant (trāns-plānt’)
v. trans·plant·ed, trans·plant·ing, trans·plants
To transfer a tissue or an organ from one body or body part to another. n. (trāns’plānt’)

The act or process of transplanting.

The tissue or organ so used.

transplant
(trāns’plānt’)

A plant that has been uprooted and replanted.

A surgical procedure in a human or animal in which a body tissue or organ is transferred from a donor to a recipient or from one part of the body to another. Heart, lung, liver, kidney, corneal, and bone-marrow transplants are performed to treat life-threatening illness. Donated tissue must be histocompatible with that of the recipient to prevent immunological rejection. See also graft.