1. the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location

e.g. 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

Synonym: transplanttransplanting

2. an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient)

e.g. 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

Synonym: transplantorgan transplant