Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun transplantation

2 senses of transplantation

Sense 1
transplant, transplantation, organ transplant -- (an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient); "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")
       => operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process -- (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery")

Sense 2
transplant, transplantation, transplanting -- (the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location; "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")
       => movement -- (the act of changing the location of something; "the movement of cargo onto the vessel")