refragment

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ fragment.

Verb

refragment (third-person singular simple present refragments, present participle refragmenting, simple past and past participle refragmented)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To fragment again.
   • 2015 July 25, “Improved Methods to Generate Spheroid Cultures from Tumor Cells, Tumor Cells & Fibroblasts or Tumor-Fragments: Microenvironment, Microvesicles and MiRNA”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Additionally, spheroids in suspension cultures can aggregate and refragment due to interactions with each other, the spin bar or the vessel surfaces.

Related terms

• refragmentation

Anagrams

• fragmenter