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explanted

explanted is the simple past and past participle of explant.

Adjective

explanted (not comparable)

  1. Removed from a natural site of growth, and placed in a culture medium (especially in relation to plants)
  2. Removed from the body (especially in relation to organs)

Meaning of explant

Verb

explant (third-person singular simple present explants, present participle explanting, simple past and past participle explanted)

  1. To remove something, such as a medical device, that has been implanted.
    • Fifty chapters are dedicated to this subject and explain complex issues such as managing radiation induced urethral stricture, reconstruction of the neophallus urethra, methods of explanting urethral stents, and salvaging failed slings and artificial urinary sphincters.2015 June 29, Jang Hwan Kim, “Advanced Male Urethral and Genital Reconstructive Surgery. 2nd ed.”, in International Neurourology Journal, volume 19, →DOI

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Questions about explanted

What does explanted mean?
Explanted means removed from a natural site of growth, and placed in a culture medium (especially in relation to plants).
What is explanted the simple past and past participle of?
Explanted is the simple past and past participle of explant.
What part of speech is explanted?
Explanted is an adjective.

Words near explanted in the dictionary

  1. explanifications
  2. explaning
  3. explant
  4. explantation
  5. explantations
  6. explanted
  7. explanting
  8. explants
  9. explaterate
  10. explaterated
  11. explaterates

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