retransplant

English

Etymology

From 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^[1], 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^[2]:

     About 20 percent of patients need to be retransplanted.

Derived terms

• retransplantation

Noun

retransplant (plural retransplants)

1. An instance of transplanting something again.

Anagrams

• transplanter