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explanting

explanting is the present participle and gerund of explant.

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 explanting

What is explanting the present participle and gerund of?
Explanting is the present participle and gerund of explant.

Words near explanting in the dictionary

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

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