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Definition: Transplantation |
TransplantationNoun1. The transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind). 2. An operation moving an organ from one person (the donor) to another (the recipient). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "transplantation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references) |
Etymology: Transplantation \Trans`plan*ta"tion\, noun. [Compare to the French expression transplantation.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Transference of a tissue or organ, alive or dead, within an individual, between individuals of the same species, or between individuals of different species. (references) |
Medicine | The operation of transfer of tissue from one site to another. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: TransplantationSynonyms: organ transplant (n), relocation (n), resettlement (n), transplant (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Transference | Transit, transition; passage, ferry, gestation; portage, porterage, carting, cartage; shoveling; Verb: vection, vecture, vectitation; shipment, freight, wafture; transmission, transport, transportation, importation, exportation, transumption, transplantation, translation; shifting, dodging; dispersion; transposition; (interchange); traction. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Biology of Tissue Transplantation. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The transplantation process has many steps. (references) | |
Kidney transplantation has advantages and disadvantages. (references) | ||
Double lung transplantation extends life, but is not curative. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Transplantation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.59% of the time. "Transplantation" is used about 241 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.59% | 240 | 19,318 |
| Noun (common) | 0.41% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 241 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "transplantation": allogeneic bone marrow transplantation ♦ autologous bone marrow transplantation ♦ bone marrow transplantation ♦ Bone Transplantation ♦ Brain Tissue Transplantation ♦ Cell Transplantation ♦ Corneal Transplantation ♦ Fetal Tissue Transplantation ♦ Heart Transplantation ♦ Heart-Lung Transplantation ♦ Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation ♦ Islets of Langerhans Transplantation ♦ isoplastic transplantation ♦ Kidney Transplantation ♦ Liver Transplantation ♦ Lung Transplantation ♦ Neoplasm Transplantation ♦ Organ Transplantation ♦ Pancreas Transplantation ♦ peripheral stem cell transplantation ♦ placental blood transplantation ♦ Skin Transplantation ♦ stem cell transplantation ♦ Tissue Transplantation ♦ Transplantation Chimera ♦ Transplantation Conditioning ♦ Transplantation Immunology ♦ Transplantation Tolerance ♦ umbilical cord blood transplantation. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "transplantation": gene-transplantation, post-transplantation. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "transplantation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | transplantim (grafting, implantation), shpërngulje (displacement, evacuation, migration, move, rehousing, transfer, transference), mbëltim. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تطعيم (graft, inlay, inoculation), إزدراع, شتل (implant, plant, transplant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | присаждане на жива тъкан, присаждане на жив орган. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 移植 (transplant, Transplanted, transplanting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | transplantace (graft, transplant), přesazení. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | transplantation (grafting, spare part surgery). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | transplantatie (grafting, spare part surgery). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | transplantaatio (grafting), siirtoistutus, kudoksensiirto (grafting), elimensiirto (grafting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | transplantation (transplant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Transplantation (graft, grafting, transplant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μεταμόσχευση (transplant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | "שתל". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | átültetés (graft, replantation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | pencangkokan (transplanting), kecangkokan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | trapianto (graft, transplant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 肝"移植 (liver transplantation), 移植免疫 (transplantation immunity), 植毛 (hair transplantation), 移植 (nuclear transplantation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しょくもう (hair transplantation), かくいしょく (nuclear transplantation), か"ぞういしょく (liver transplantation), いしょくめ"えき (transplantation immunity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | aachuirrey (reinvite, resow, second sowing, transplant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ansplantationtray transplantação (drill, spare part surgery, transplanting). (various references) transplantare, grefã (graft). (various references) пересадка (change, grafting, trans-shipment). (various references) transplantacija, presađivanje (grafting, transplant). (various references) trasplante (transplant, transplanting). (various references) transplantation (graft, transplant), omplantering, förflyttning (displacement, locomotion, removal, transfer, transport, transportation), överflyttning (transfer). (various references) transplantasyon, organ nakli (graft), nakletme (communication, recitation, transferring, transporting). (various references) peresadka (r). (various references) переселення (emigration, migration, transmigration, trek), пересадка (change). (various references) sự ghép (continuation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "transplantation": transplantations. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "transplantation": homotransplantation. (additional references) | |
Words containing "transplantation": homotransplantations. (additional references) | |
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"Transplantation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: tranplantation, transplantion. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "transplantation" (pronounced tra'nzplantā"shun) |
| 6 | -n t ā" sh u n | argumentation, augmentation, confrontation, disorientation, documentation, experimentation, fermentation, fragmentation, implantation, implementation, incantation, indentation, instrumentation, misrepresentation, orientation, ornamentation, ostentation, pigmentation, plantation, presentation, recantation, regimentation, representation, sedimentation, segmentation. |
| 5 | -t ā" sh u n | accreditation, adaptation, affectation, agitation, amputation, annotation, cetacean, citation, cogitation, cohabitation, computation, connotation, consultation, crustacean, decapitation, deforestation, deportation, devastation, dictation, dilatation, disputation, dissertation, equitation, excitation, exhortation, expectation, exploitation, facilitation, flirtation, flotation, gestation, gravitation, habitation, hesitation, imitation, importation, imputation, incapacitation, incrustation, infestation, inhabitation, interpretation, invitation, irritation, lactation, levitation, limitation, manifestation, meditation, misinterpretation, molestation, mutation, notation, palpitation, permutation, precipitation, premeditation, protestation, quotation, recitation, reforestation, refutation, rehabilitation, reinterpretation, reputation, resuscitation, rotation, sanitation, solicitation, station, superstation, temptation, transportation, vegetation, visitation. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abomination, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, advocation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, animation, annexation, annihilation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, articulation, aspiration, assassination, assimilation, association, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, characterization, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogeneration, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deflation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, deviation, differentiation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, dispensation, disqualification, dissemination, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, divination, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploration, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, fabrication, falsification, fascination, federation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, fixation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentrification, germination, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gyration, hallucination, harmonization, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implication, impregnation, improvisation, inactivation, inauguration, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incubation, indemnification, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, insubordination, insulation, integration, intensification, internationalization, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, isolation, jubilation, justification, laceration, legalization, legislation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, origination, oscillation, ossification, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, population, predestination, prefabrication, preoccupation, preparation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, prognostication, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recalculation, recapitalization, recertification, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reformation, refrigeration, regeneration, registration, regulation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, replication, repudiation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, termination, titillation, toleration, transformation, transillumination, translation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abduction, abolition, abortion, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, faction, fashion, fiction, fission, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-i-l-n-n-n-o-p-r-s-t-t-t" | |
-2 letters: transnational. | |
-4 letters: nonpartisan, plantations, translation. | |
-5 letters: altostrati, intranasal, natatorial, nonspatial, planarians, planations, plantation, tarnations, transplant. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-a-i-l-n-n-n-o-p-r-s-t-t-t" | |
+1 letter: transplantations. | |
+4 letters: homotransplantation. | |
+5 letters: homotransplantations. | |
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HTML Code (1990) (references)T r a n s p l a n t a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0072 0061 006E 0073 0070 006C 0061 006E 0074 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
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