transplantation

Noun

• 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
    

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  transplant , transplanting , organ transplant