retransplant

English

Etymology

re- + transplant

Verb

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

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

Derived terms

Noun

retransplant (plural retransplants)

  1. An instance of transplanting something again.

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