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单词 explant
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Definition of explant in English:

explant

verb ɪksˈplɑːntɛksˈplɑːntˈɛksplænt
[with object]usually as adjective explantedBiology
  • Transfer (living cells, tissues, or organs) from animals or plants to a nutrient medium.

    explanted tissues
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Federal Drug Administration says that if disease progression requires that a device be explanted, that is a reportable event.
    • In contrast, the lungs explanted at pulmonary transplantation from the other 6 patients contained prominent cysts with thin walls and a honeycomb-like arrangement.
    • Using explanted tissues from embryos of different ages, it has been shown that mesoderm induction is almost complete by the time gastrulation starts.
    • Other implantables that are explanted, reprocessed, and reimplanted into new patients include orthopedic prostheses and dental appliances.
    • As discussed in the introduction, the majority of studies aimed at transforming normal diploid cells in culture were carried out using freshly explanted diploid rodent cells.
noun ˈɛksplɑːntˈɛksplænt
Biology
  • A cell, organ, or piece of tissue which has been transferred from animals or plants to a nutrient medium.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The original embryogenic cultures were obtained from leaf explants and the somatic embryos were multiplied either directly or via callus.
    • Tips of generative shoots excised from flowering beets were the explants used to initiate axenic shoot cultures.
    • Soybean explants consisting of a piece of stem and subtending leaf might allow the examination of water stress susceptibility without the possible interfering effects of the roots.
    • Rooted explants were transferred to a peat-based medium and acclimated to the greenhouse environment.
    • Adventitious buds have been induced from protoplast culture, on leaf explants and on strips of stem.

Derivatives

  • explantation

  • noun ɛksplɑːnˈteɪʃ(ə)n
    Biology
    • Lung tissue from the patients with emphysema was processed within 8 hours of explantation.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • After some opposition from his chief, he went to Boston and learnt the innovative operation of scleral explantation.
      • Other possible causes are trauma or injury to the breast, compression from mammography, accidents during implantation or explantation, manufacturing defects, and normal wear.
      • If the manufacturer of the explanted device cannot be identified by the device itself, the institution should make a good faith attempt to find out who the manufacturer is and report the device's explantation.
      • This saves energy, prolonging the life of the implanted device, minimizing the risk and expense to patient associated with early explantation and replacement of the implanted device.

Origin

Early 20th century: from modern Latin explantare, from ex- 'out' + plantare 'to plant'.

 
 

Definition of explant in US English:

explant

verbˈɛksplænt
[with object]often as adjective explantedBiology
  • Transfer (living cells, tissues, or organs) from animals or plants to a nutrient medium.

    explanted tissues
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Other implantables that are explanted, reprocessed, and reimplanted into new patients include orthopedic prostheses and dental appliances.
    • The Federal Drug Administration says that if disease progression requires that a device be explanted, that is a reportable event.
    • As discussed in the introduction, the majority of studies aimed at transforming normal diploid cells in culture were carried out using freshly explanted diploid rodent cells.
    • In contrast, the lungs explanted at pulmonary transplantation from the other 6 patients contained prominent cysts with thin walls and a honeycomb-like arrangement.
    • Using explanted tissues from embryos of different ages, it has been shown that mesoderm induction is almost complete by the time gastrulation starts.
nounˈɛksplænt
Biology
  • A cell, organ, or piece of tissue which has been transferred from animals or plants to a nutrient medium.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Tips of generative shoots excised from flowering beets were the explants used to initiate axenic shoot cultures.
    • Adventitious buds have been induced from protoplast culture, on leaf explants and on strips of stem.
    • Rooted explants were transferred to a peat-based medium and acclimated to the greenhouse environment.
    • Soybean explants consisting of a piece of stem and subtending leaf might allow the examination of water stress susceptibility without the possible interfering effects of the roots.
    • The original embryogenic cultures were obtained from leaf explants and the somatic embryos were multiplied either directly or via callus.

Origin

Early 20th century: from modern Latin explantare, from ex- ‘out’ + plantare ‘to plant’.

 
 
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