replantationn.
/ˌriːplɑːnˈteɪʃn/, /ˌriːplanˈteɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌriˌplænˈteɪʃ(ə)n/ 1. The action of planting something again (in various senses of the verb); a second or new plantation.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > planting > [noun] > planting ground again
replantation1608
1608 H. Clapham Errour Right Hand 67 That, and no other, is her [sc. the Church's] Re-plantation.
1682 T. Amy Carolina 9 Three of which [vines] by Re-plantation..will make very good Wine.
1714 Let. to Mr. Steele 27 A Replantation of those Countries with new Inhabitants.
1790 W. Beckford Descr. Acct. Island Jamaica I. 160 Their canes..stand for years without a replantation.
1814 Q. Rev. Apr. 221 We believe that it most strongly recommends the replantation of certain crown lands for the future use of the navy.
1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 9 Sept. 3/2 The only solution of the problem of inundations is ‘replantation and canalization’.
1911 Amer. Hist. Rev. 16 384 The replantation of the gardens and parks of Versailles.
1968 Times 20 Mar. 8/5 They lived up to their reputation, well deserving their special round of applause for impromptu replantation of a knocked-over tree on the island which at one point threatened disaster.
1997 Beautiful Brit. Columbia Summer 5/4 Thousands of trees are planted each year on sites needing replantation, restoration, or beautification.
2. Dentistry and Surgery. Reinsertion of a tooth so that it becomes reattached to the jaw; reattachment of an excised or severed body part at its original site; an instance of this. Cf. reimplantation n.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > transplanting and grafting operations > [noun] > reattachment of severed part
replantation1864
1864 Brit. & Foreign Medico-chirurg. Rev. 33 274 Mitscherlich on replantation and transplantation of the teeth.
1908 O. E. Inglis Burchard's Text-bk. Dental Pathol. & Therapeutics (ed. 3) iv. xv. 410 Kirk records a case of immediate replantation in early life, followed in old age by root resorption.
1966 Current Probl. Surg. 3 38 Vascular surgical technics have achieved a level which makes replantation of whole limbs possible.
1976 Daily Tel. 26 Nov. 17/6 One of the first reports of a successful replantation of a hand is published in the current issue of the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.
2007 Arch. Oral. Biol. 52 186/1 Functional alignment between the root and bone and final reattachment is usually accomplished approximately 2 weeks after replantation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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