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reawakening

  • a word derived from awakening.
    awakening
    adjective
    rousing; quickening.

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But the pandemic has left some evidence that viral infection may play a role in reawakening dormant cancer cells present in a patient’s body before infection.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026

U.S.-based Pelage Pharmaceuticals has an experimental therapy that tries to restart the hair-growth cycle from scratch by reawakening stem cells.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

These findings suggest that reawakening the cell's own cleanup machinery could help reverse some of the harmful effects of progerin buildup.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2025

The reopening, taking place throughout the weekend, includes the ritualised opening of the cathedral's massive doors, the reawakening of its thunderous organ and the celebration of a first Mass.

From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2024

His limbs tingled and tickled, reawakening from the five-hour drive to his paternal grandmother’s mobile home on Dine Homelands, forty-five minutes north of Church Rock.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young