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Transplantation

The act of transplanting, or the state of being transplanted; also, removal.

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Movement 76% connected

The act of moving; change of place or posture; transference, by any means, from one situation to another; natural or appropriate motion; progress; ad…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Operation 76% connected

The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Surgery 76% connected

The art of healing by manual operation; that branch of medical science which treats of manual operations for the healing of diseases or injuries of t…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Graft 74% connected

A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but th…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Graft 74% connected

A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but th…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Transfer 74% connected

To convey from one place or person another; to transport, remove, or cause to pass, to another place or person; as, to transfer the laws of one count…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Transfer 74% connected

To convey from one place or person another; to transport, remove, or cause to pass, to another place or person; as, to transfer the laws of one count…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Transplant 92% connected

To remove, and plant in another place; as, to transplant trees.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Transplanting 92% connected

of Transplant

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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