Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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 : WordNet®

transplantation
     n 1: the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a
          new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind) [syn:
           {resettlement}, {relocation}]
     2: an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor)
        to another (the recipient); "he had a kidney transplant"
        [syn: {transplant}, {organ transplant}]
     3: the act of uprooting and moving a plant to a new location;
        "the transplant was successful"; "too frequent
        transplanting is not good for plants" [syn: {transplant},
        {transplanting}]