Meanings
plural explants
- biologyAny portion taken from a plant or an animal that will be used to initiate a culture. It can be a portion of the shoot, or of the leaves, or even just some cells.
present singular third person explants · participle present explanting · participle past explanted · past explanted
- medicineTo remove something, such as a medical device, that has been implanted.
Fifty chapters are dedicated to this subject and explain complex issues such as managing radiation induced urethral stricture, reconstruction of the neophallus urethra, methods of explanting urethral stents, and salvaging failed slings and artificial urinary sphincters.
2015 June 29, Jang Hwan Kim, “Advanced Male Urethral and Genital Reconstructive Surgery. 2nd ed.”, in International Neurourology Journal, volume 19, →DOI
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
- Proto-Italic*eks
- Latinex
- Latinex-
- Middle Frenchex-
- Middle Englishex-
- Englishex-
- Proto-Indo-European*pleth₂-?
- Proto-Indo-European*pel-?
- Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂
- Proto-Italic*plāntā?
- Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂k-
- Proto-Indo-European*pl̥h₂nk /*gteh₂
- Proto-Italic*plānktā
- Latinplanta
- Proto-West Germanic*plantu
- Old Englishplante
- Middle Englishplante
- Englishplant
- Englishexplant
Translations
Portuguese explante
- explanteportion of a living being used to initiate a culture
Spanish explanto, explante
- explantoportion of a living being used to initiate a culture
- explanteportion of a living being used to initiate a culture
- explantarTranslations
Cite this entry
explant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/explant
“explant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/explant. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “explant,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/explant.
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