Meanings
plural transplantations
- A surgical operation in which an organ is moved from a donor to a recipient; an organ transplant.
- countableuncountableThe medicosurgical specialty (field) concerned with such operations.
- countableuncountableA particular instance of such an operation (a single procedure): a transplant.
- countableuncountableThe resettlement of a group of people.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient)
nounthe act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Frenchtransplantation
- Englishtransplantation
From Middle French transplantation, from transplanter (“to transplant”) + -ation (suffix indicating an action or process).
More words from Middle French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian пресаждане, преселване
- пресаждане (presaždane)The uprooting of a tree and planting it in a new location
- преселване (preselvane)The resettlement of a group of people
- транспланта́ция (transplantácija)A surgical operation
Chinese Mandarin 移植
- 移植 (yízhí)A surgical operation
Czech transplantace
- transplantaceA surgical operation
Finnish siirtoistutus, väestönsiirto
- siirtoistutusThe uprooting of a tree and planting it in a new location
- väestönsiirtoThe resettlement of a group of people
- elimensiirtoA surgical operation
French transplantation
- transplantationA surgical operation
German Umpflanzung, Umsiedlung
- UmpflanzungThe uprooting of a tree and planting it in a new location
- UmsiedlungThe resettlement of a group of people
- TransplantationA surgical operation
Hindi प्रत्यारोपण
- प्रत्यारोपण (pratyāropaṇ)A surgical operation
Hungarian átültetés, szervátültetés
- átültetésA surgical operation
- szervátültetésA surgical operation
Indonesian pencangkokan, transplantasi
- pencangkokanA surgical operation
- transplantasiA surgical operation
Italian trapianto, trapiantazione
- trapiantoA surgical operation
- trapiantazioneA surgical operation
Japanese 植え替え, 移植
- 植え替え (uekae)The uprooting of a tree and planting it in a new location
- 移植 (ishoku)A surgical operation
Malay pemindahan, pencedungan
- pemindahanA surgical operation
- pencedunganA surgical operation
Māori huarangatanga, whakanohonga
- huarangatangaThe uprooting of a tree and planting it in a new location
- whakanohongaThe resettlement of a group of people
- whakanohonohongaThe resettlement of a group of people
- whakanōhangaThe resettlement of a group of people
- huarangatangaA surgical operation
Polish transplantacja, przeszczep
- transplantacjaA surgical operation
- przeszczepA surgical operation
Portuguese transplantação
- transplantaçãoA surgical operation
Russian переса́живание, переселе́ние
- переса́живание (peresáživanije)The uprooting of a tree and planting it in a new location
- переселе́ние (pereselénije)The resettlement of a group of people
- транспланта́ция (transplantácija)A surgical operation
- переса́дка (peresádka)A surgical operation
Spanish trasplantación, trasplante
- trasplantaciónThe uprooting of a tree and planting it in a new location
- trasplanteThe uprooting of a tree and planting it in a new location
- transplantación (DEA)The uprooting of a tree and planting it in a new location
- trasplanteThe resettlement of a group of people
- trasplantaciónThe resettlement of a group of people
- transplantación (DEA)The resettlement of a group of people
- trasplanteA surgical operation
- trasplantaciónA surgical operation
- transplantación (DEA)A surgical operation
Swahili upandikizaji
- upandikizajiA surgical operation
Swedish transplantation
- transplantationA surgical operation
Cite this entry
transplantation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transplantation
“transplantation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transplantation. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transplantation,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transplantation.
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