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Definitions of transplantation
  1. noun
    an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient)
    "the long-term results of cardiac transplantation are now excellent"
  2. noun
    the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location
    "she returned to Alabama because she could not bear transplantation"
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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
  • 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
  • organ donor someone from whom an organ is taken for transplantation
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