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refragment

refragment verb: to fragment again.

Verb

refragment (third-person singular simple present refragments, present participle refragmenting, simple past and past participle refragmented)

  1. (ambitransitive) To fragment again.
    • Additionally, spheroids in suspension cultures can aggregate and refragment due to interactions with each other, the spin bar or the vessel surfaces.2015 July 25, “Improved Methods to Generate Spheroid Cultures from Tumor Cells, Tumor Cells & Fibroblasts or Tumor-Fragments: Microenvironment, Microvesicles and MiRNA”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of refragment

third-person singular presentrefragments
present participlerefragmenting
past participlerefragmented
pastrefragmented

Origin of refragment

From re- + fragment.

Questions about refragment

What does refragment mean?
Refragment means to fragment again.
What part of speech is refragment?
Refragment is a verb.
What is the past tense of refragment?
The past tense of refragment is refragmented.

Words near refragment in the dictionary

  1. refractures
  2. refracturing
  3. refragability
  4. refragable
  5. refragableness
  6. refragment
  7. refragmentation
  8. refragmentations
  9. refragmented
  10. refragmenting
  11. refragments

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