retransplant
retransplant verb: to transplant (something) again.
Verb
retransplant (third-person singular simple present retransplants, present participle retransplanting, simple past and past participle retransplanted)
- To transplant (something) again
- Bone marrow cells from mice transplanted 4 to 6 weeks before with human cord blood CD34 cells in panels a and b were retransplanted […] into secondary 2 -microglobulin knockout NOD/SCID mice.1999 February 5, Amnon Peled et al., “Dependence of Human Stem Cell Engraftment and Repopulation of NOD/SCID Mice on CXCR4”, in Science, volume 283, number 5403, →DOI, pages 845–848
- To perform organ transplantation again
- About 20 percent of patients need to be retransplanted.1990 October 5, Brenda Wilhelmson, “The Wait”, in Chicago Reader
Noun
retransplant (plural retransplants)
- An instance of transplanting something again.
Forms of retransplant
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | retransplants |
| present participle | retransplanting |
| past participle | retransplanted |
| past | retransplanted |
| Noun | |
| plural | retransplants |
Origin of retransplant
From re- + transplant.
Words formed from retransplant
Questions about retransplant
- What does retransplant mean?
- Retransplant means to transplant (something) again.
- What part of speech is retransplant?
- Retransplant can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of retransplant?
- The past tense of retransplant is retransplanted.
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