Transplantation \Trans`plan*ta"tion\, n. [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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)