reswell
reswell verb: to add liquid so as to cause a dried substance, such as a gel, to expand.
Verb
reswell (third-person singular simple present reswells, present participle reswelling, simple past reswelled, past participle reswollen or reswelled)
- To add liquid so as to cause a dried substance, such as a gel, to expand.
- For membranes which have been dried out and reswollen, conditioning to the solvent is accomplished in a much shorter time than for the highly swollen cellulose.1949, CR Masson, HW Melville, “Osmometry of high polymer solutions”, in Journal of Polymer Science
- Then gel pieces were reswelled in 50 µL of 50 mM NH4HCO3 buffer containing 12.5 ng/µL trypsin (modified porcine trypsin sequence grade, Promega, Madison, WI, USA), and incubated for 1 h at 4 °C.2015, Aurore Chevin et al., “Characterisation of Structural Proteins from Chronic Bee Paralysis Virus (CBPV) Using Mass Spectrometry”, in Viruses, volume 7, →DOI
Forms of reswell
| third-person singular present | reswells |
|---|---|
| present participle | reswelling |
| past | reswelled |
| past participle | reswollen |
| past participle | reswelled |
Origin of reswell
From re- + swell.
Questions about reswell
- What does reswell mean?
- Reswell means to add liquid so as to cause a dried substance, such as a gel, to expand.
- What part of speech is reswell?
- Reswell is a verb.
- What is the past tense of reswell?
- The past tense of reswell is reswelled.
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