transplantation

American  

[trans-plan-tay-shuhn] / ˌtræns plænˈteɪ ʃən /

noun

1. the act, process, or fact of transplanting.

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Example Sentences

With a match, regardless of gender, donor marrow was far more likely to be accepted by the body—and in turn, not attack the body—then function normally, making transplantation between brothers and sisters possible.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

For example, acute myeloid leukemia—the disease that afflicted Kennedy family member Tatiana Schlossberg before she died in December—remains among the hardest to cure, frequently recurring despite intensive chemotherapy and transplantation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

Scott has his eye on mitochondrial transplantation, in which healthy mitochondria, the cell’s minute, energy-producing structures, are transferred into cells to—theoretically—restore their ability to generate power and survive.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

At Cambridge's Royal Papworth Hospital, which carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979, transplantation is a central focus.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

The prize had nothing to do with the chicken heart, but articles about his award conflated the immortal chicken-heart cells with his transplantation work, and suddenly it sounded like he’d found the fountain of youth.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot