retransplant

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verb

To transplant (something) again

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Meanings

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

present singular third person retransplants · participle present retransplanting · participle past retransplanted · past 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
nounretransplant (plural retransplants)

plural retransplants

  1. An instance of transplanting something again.

Origin

From re- + transplant.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

transplanter
Cite this entry
APA

retransplant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retransplant

MLA

“retransplant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retransplant. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “retransplant,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retransplant.

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