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countable and uncountable, plural transplantations
The resettlement of a group of people. examples
A surgical operation in which an organ is moved from a donor to a recipient; an organ transplant.
The medicosurgical specialty (field) concerned with such operations. examples
A particular instance of such an operation (a single procedure): a transplant. examples
The uprooting of a tree and planting it in a new location. quotations examples
There is no tree admits of transplantation so well as the Elm, for a tree of twenty years growth will admit of a remove.
1761, John Mordant, The Complete Steward