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"the long-term results of cardiac transplantation are now excellent"nounan operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient)
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"she returned to Alabama because she could not bear transplantation"nounthe act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location
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Definition that contains transplantation
- harvest remove from a culture or a living or dead body, as for the purposes of transplantation
- organ donor someone from whom an organ is taken for transplantation
- donor card a card that you carry on your person and that authorizes the use of your organs for transplantation after your death
- seed oyster a young oyster especially of a size for transplantation
- biomedical cloning nuclear transplantation of a patient's own cells to make an oocyte from which immune-compatible cells (especially stem cells) can be derived for transplant
- eye bank a place for storing and preserving corneas that are obtained from human corpses immediately after death; used for corneal transplantation to patients with corneal defects
- therapeutic cloning nuclear transplantation of a patient's own cells to make an oocyte from which immune-compatible cells (especially stem cells) can be derived for transplant
- brain death death when respiration and other reflexes are absent; consciousness is gone; organs can be removed for transplantation before the heartbeat stops
- inosine a nucleoside that is formed by the deamination of adenosine; used in kidney transplantation to provide a temporary source of sugar
- cerebral death death when respiration and other reflexes are absent; consciousness is gone; organs can be removed for transplantation before the heartbeat stops