reconstitution

American  

[ree-kon-sti-too-shuhn, -tyoo-] / riˌkɒn stɪˈtu ʃən, -ˈtyu- /

noun

1. the act, process, or result of putting the elements of something back together into a whole; reconstruction.

   Although places and events are concrete, our mental reconstitutions of them are often inaccurate.

   The restorative work aimed at a full reconstitution of the building’s medieval character, including furniture and other objects.

2. the act or process of returning a dehydrated or concentrated food or other substance to its normal liquid state by adding water.

   In the Apollo moon program of the late 1960s, hot water was available for rapid reconstitution of freeze-dried foods by the astronauts.

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Etymology

Origin of reconstitution

First recorded in 1755–65; 1915–20 reconstitution for def. 2; re- ( def. ) + constitution ( def. )

Example Sentences

In these in vitro reconstitution experiments, they observed that the filaments display dynamic instability.

From Science Daily • Apr. 20, 2026

Ryan Kelley, Hennessy’s chief investment officer, discussed how the fund’s most recent reconstitution in October highlighted companies that benefit from the build-out of infrastructure to support the development of artificial-intelligence technology.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 19, 2026

Some investors may use the additional liquidity to take advantage of price dislocations that may result, especially before the reconstitution is completed at week's end.

From Reuters • Jun. 21, 2023

More than half the patients suspected to have this overreaction, known as immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome, died.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 20, 2023

He evidently regarded the ideological reconstitution as anterior to the political, although he adjusted the common development of the two quite detailedly in his doctrine of tutelage.

From The Political Doctrines of Sun Yat-sen: An Exposition of the San Min Chu I by Linebarger, Paul Myron Anthony

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