transplantationnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌtræn.splaːnˈteɪ.ʃən//ˌtræn.splænˈteɪ.ʃən/the act of moving something from one place to another:
Plants must be strong enough to survive transplantation.
specialized medical taking body tissues from one body and placing them in another body or in another part of the same body:
bone marrow transplantation
organ transplantation
Primary liver cancer can only be cured with resection or liver transplantation.
Transplantation of organs from living donors raises ethical issues.
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Medical treatment: surgery
- ablate
- adrenalectomy
- amputate
- anaesthesiology
- anastomose
- anesthesiology
- circumcise
- collagen
- eviscerate
- frontal lobotomy
- implant
- keyhole surgery
- laminectomy
- laparoscopic
- laparoscopy
- laparotomy
- ligation
- nose job
- transplant
- tuck
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