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Webster 1913 Edition

Transplantation

Transˊplan-ta′tion

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
transplantation
.]
1.
The act of transplanting, or the state of being transplanted; also, removal.
The
transplantation
of Ulysses to Sparta.
Broome.
2.
(Surg.)
The removal of tissues from a healthy part, and the insertion of them in another place where there is a lesion;
as, the
transplantation
of tissues in autoplasty
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Transplantation

TRANSPLANTA'TION

,
Noun.
The act of transplanting; the removal of a plant or of a settled inhabitant to a different place for growth or residence.
1.
Removal; conveyance form one to another. Formerly men believed in the transplantation of diseases.

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