transplantation

English Thesaurus

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

hypernym	:	movement,
definition	:	the act of changing the location of something (noun.act)

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

hypernym	:	operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process,
definition	:	a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body (noun.act)

hyponym	:	corneal graft, corneal transplant, keratoplasty,
definition	:	a surgical procedure in which part or all of a damaged or diseased cornea is replaced by healthy corneal tissue from a donor (noun.act)

hyponym	:	xenotransplant, xenotransplantation,
definition	:	a surgical procedure in which tissue or whole organs are transfered from one species to another species (noun.act)

3. the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location (noun.act)

derivation	:	transfer, transplant,
definition	:	lift and reset in another soil or situation (verb.motion)

derivation	:	transplant,
definition	:	be transplantable (verb.stative)

4. an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient) (noun.act)

derivation	:	graft, transplant,
definition	:	place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient (verb.contact)

5. the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location (noun.act)

derivation	:	transfer, transplant,
definition	:	lift and reset in another soil or situation (verb.motion)

derivation	:	transplant,
definition	:	be transplantable (verb.stative)

6. an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient) (noun.act)

derivation	:	graft, transplant,
definition	:	place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient (verb.contact)