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retransplants

retransplants is the third-person singular simple present indicative of retransplant.

Meaning of retransplant

Verb

retransplant (third-person singular simple present retransplants, present participle retransplanting, simple past and past participle retransplanted)

  1. 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
  2. To perform organ transplantation again
    • About 20 percent of patients need to be retransplanted.1990 October 5, Brenda Wilhelmson, “The Wait”, in Chicago Reader

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Questions about retransplants

What is retransplants the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Retransplants is the third-person singular simple present indicative of retransplant.

Words near retransplants in the dictionary

  1. retransplantable
  2. retransplantation
  3. retransplantations
  4. retransplanted
  5. retransplanting
  6. retransplants
  7. retransport
  8. retransported
  9. retransporting
  10. retransports
  11. retrap

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