| transplantation | <surgery> The grafting of tissues taken from the patients own body or from another. Origin: L. Plantare = to plant (18 Nov 1997) |
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| transplantation antigen | <immunology> Any antigen that is antigenically active in graft rejection. In practice the major histocompatibility complex and the H Y antigens and to a lesser extent minor histocompatibility antigens. (18 Nov 1997) |
| transplantation chimera | An organism that, as a result of transplantation of donor genetic material, consists of two or more cell lines descended from at least two zygotes. This state results in the induction of donor-specific transplantation tolerance. (12 Dec 1998) |
| transplantation conditioning | Preparative treatment of transplant recipient with various conditioning regimens including radiation, immune sera, chemotherapy, and/or immunosuppressive agents, prior to transplantation. Transplantation conditioning is very common before bone marrow transplantation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| transplantation genetics | Genetics as applied to the transplanting of tissues from one animal to another. (05 Mar 2000) |
| transplantation immunology | A general term for the complex phenomena involved in allo- and xenograft rejection by a host and graft vs host reaction. Although the reactions involved in transplantation immunology are primarily thymus-dependent phenomena of cellular immunity, humoral factors also play a part in late rejection. (12 Dec 1998) |
| transplantation of cornea | corneal transplant |
| transplantation reaction | <immunology> The set of cellular phenomena observed after an allogeneic (mismatched) graft is made to an organism that leads to destruction, detachment or isolation of the graft. In mammals this includes the invasion and destruction of the graft by cytotoxic lymphocytes, inhibition of angiogenesis and other processes. (18 Nov 1997) |
| transplantation, autologous | Transplantation from another site in or on the body of the individual receiving it. (12 Dec 1998) |
| transplantation, heterologous | Transplantation between animals of different species. (12 Dec 1998) |
| transplantation, heterotopic | Transplantation of tissue typical of one area to a different recipient site. The tissue may be autologous, heterologous, or homologous. (12 Dec 1998) |
| transplantation, homologous | Transplantation between individuals of the same species. Usually refers to genetically disparate individuals in contradistinction to isogeneic transplantation for genetically identical individuals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| transplantation, isogeneic | Transplantation between genetically identical individuals, i.e., members of the same species with identical histocompatibility antigens, such as monozygotic twins, members of the same inbred strain, or members of a hybrid population produced by crossing certain inbred strains. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bone marrow transplantation | <oncology, procedure> Treatment in which healthy bone marrow replaces bone marrow that has been affected by a disease or by treatment for a disease. Acronym: BMT (12 May 1997) |
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| bone transplantation | The grafting of bone from a donor site to a recipient site. (12 Dec 1998) |
| brain tissue transplantation | Transference of brain tissue, either from a foetus or from a born individual, between individuals of the same species or between individuals of different species. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cardiopulmonary transplantation | The simultaneous, or near simultaneous, transference of heart and lungs from one human or animal to another. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pancreas transplantation | The transference of a pancreas from one human or animal to another. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pancreaticoduodenal transplantation | A technically feasible transplantation including both the duodenum and pancreas. (05 Mar 2000) |
| renal transplantation | Transplantation of a kidney from a compatible donor to restore kidney function in a recipient suffering from renal failure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cell transplantation | Transference of cells within an individual, between individuals of the same species, or between individuals of different species. (12 Dec 1998) |
| peripheral blood stem cell transplantation | A procedure that is similar to bone marrow transplantation. Doctors remove healthy immature cells (stem cells) from a patient's blood and store them before the patient receives high-dose chemotherapy and possibly radiation therapy to destroy the leukaemia cells. The stem cells are then returned to the patient, where they can produce new blood cells to replace cells destroyed by the treatment. (12 Dec 1998) |
| corneal transplantation | Partial or total replacement of the cornea from one human or animal to another. (12 Dec 1998) |
| haematopoietic stem cell transplantation | The transference of stem cells from one animal or human to another (allogeneic), or within the same individual (autologous). The source for the stem cells may be the bone marrow or peripheral blood. Stem cell transplantation has been used as an alternative to autologous bone marrow transplantation in the treatment of a variety of neoplasms. (12 Dec 1998) |
| heart-lung transplantation | The simultaneous, or near simultaneous, transference of heart and lungs from one human or animal to another. (12 Dec 1998) |
| heart transplantation | The transference of a heart from one human or animal to another. (12 Dec 1998) |
| skin transplantation | The grafting of skin in humans or animals from one site to another to replace a lost portion of the body surface skin. (12 Dec 1998) |
| neoplasm transplantation | Experimental transplantation of neoplasms in laboratory animals for research purposes. (12 Dec 1998) |