the surgical transfer of clumps of skin with hair or of viable hair follicles from one site of the body to another, usually performed to correct baldness. Cf. hair implant.
[1970-75]
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hair transplant or hair transplantation,
the surgical procedure of removing plugs of hair follicles from the sides and back of a person's head and grafting them into bald or sparse spots on top of the head. See also hair implant. (Cf. ↑hair implant)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.