Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reswell

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: reswell
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To add liquid so as to cause a dried substance, such as a gel, to expand.

Example Sentences

"For membranes which have been dried out and reswollen, conditioning to the solvent is accomplished in a much shorter time than for the highly swollen cellulose."
"Then gel pieces were reswelled in 50 µL of 50 mM NH4HCO3 buffer containing 12.5 ng/µL trypsin (modified porcine trypsin sequence grade, Promega, Madison, WI, USA), and incubated for 1 h at 4 °C."

Etymology

From re- + swell.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: re

Inflected Forms

reswells (present, singular) reswelling (participle, present) reswelled (past) reswollen (participle, past) reswelled (participle, past)

Questions

What does reswell mean?: To add liquid so as to cause a dried substance, such as a gel, to expand.
Where does reswell come from?: From re- + swell.

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