Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

retransplant

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: re-trans-plant
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To transplant (something) again

verb

To perform organ transplantation again

noun

An instance of transplanting something again.

Example Sentences

"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."
"About 20 percent of patients need to be retransplanted."

Etymology

From re- + transplant.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: re

Inflected Forms

retransplants (present, singular) retransplanting (participle, present) retransplanted (participle, past) retransplanted (past) retransplants (plural)

Derived Forms

retransplantable retransplantation

Questions

What does retransplant mean?: To transplant (something) again
Where does retransplant come from?: From re- + transplant.

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