Why is it die Explantation?

Explantation ends in -ion, and almost all nouns ending in -ion are feminine: in a German dictionary, 94% of them take die.

All nouns ending in -ion
Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] Medicine, biology: "planting" surgical withdrawal of organs, implants or tissue from the body

[1] Medizin, Biologie: „Auspflanzung“; chirurgische Entnahme von Organen, Implantaten oder Gewebe aus dem Körper

Examples

[1] "It is not uncommon for brain reveal to prevent unpleasant reflexes during the explantation"

[1] „Nicht selten werden Hirntote narkotisiert, um unliebsame Reflexe während der Explantation zu verhindern.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Explantation die Explantationen
Genitiv der Explantation der Explantationen
Dativ der Explantation den Explantationen
Akkusativ die Explantation die Explantationen

Pronunciation

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