Explant
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Explant is a noun meaning (medicine) To remove something, such as a medical device, that has been implanted.
Meaning
(medicine) To remove something, such as a medical device, that has been implanted.
More Meanings
- (biology) Any portion taken from a plant or an animal that will be used to initiate a culture. It can be a portion of the shoot, or of the leaves, or even just some cells.
Example Sentences
Fifty chapters are dedicated to this subject and explain complex issues such as managing radiation induced urethral stricture, reconstruction of the neophallus urethra, methods of explanting urethral stents, and salvaging failed slings and artificial urinary sphincters.
Word Forms
- explants
- explanting
- explanted
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include protoplast, prop, escapee, plantlet, propagant, segment.
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