explant

English

Etymology

From ex- +‎ plant.

Noun

explant (plural explants)

1. (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.

Derived terms

• microexplant

Verb

explant (third-person singular simple present explants, present participle explanting, simple past and past participle explanted)

1. (medicine) To remove something, such as a medical device, that has been implanted.
   • 2015 June 29, Jang Hwan Kim, “Advanced Male Urethral and Genital Reconstructive Surgery. 2nd ed.”, in International Neurourology Journal‎^[1], volume 19, →DOI:

     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.

Derived terms

• explantation

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