transplantation

An operation that puts an organ or body tissue into another person or another part of the body.

• He needed a kidney transplantation.
• The transplantation took several hours.
• Her doctor discussed the risks of heart transplantation.

How to use it: transplantation of something (The transplantation of donor tissue was successful.)

Similar words: transplant

Common phrases: kidney transplantation, heart transplantation, transplantation of tissue

The area of medicine dealing with moving organs or body tissue into another person.

• She works in transplantation.
• The hospital offers specialist training in transplantation.
• Research in transplantation has helped improve patient care.

Similar words: transplant medicine

Common phrases: specialist in transplantation, transplantation research

Removing a tree from the ground and planting it somewhere else.

• The tree survived transplantation.
• Its roots were damaged during transplantation.
• Transplantation of the oak required a large truck.

How to use it: transplantation of something (The transplantation of mature trees is expensive.)

Similar words: replanting

Common phrases: tree transplantation, transplantation of trees

Moving a group of people to a new place to live.

• The policy led to forced transplantation.
• The transplantation of whole villages separated families.
• Historians studied the community’s transplantation to a distant island.

How to use it: transplantation of someone to somewhere (The transplantation of villagers to the coast changed their lives.)

Similar words: resettlement, relocation

Common phrases: forced transplantation, transplantation of people