reimplantation

[ree-im-plan-tey-shuhn]

noun

1. the surgical restoration of a tooth, organ, limb, or other structure to its original site.

Word History and Origins

Origin of reimplantation¹

First recorded in 1670–80; re- + implantation

Example Sentences

Miller has promised that Trump will issue a “light-speed” flurry of executive orders on Day 1 of his second term, previewing in an interview with the New York Times the reimplantation of Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” policy, mass detention camps on the border, sweeping workplace raids, another attempt to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, and more.

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That exemption, the FDA argued, applies only when the cells or tissues aren’t changed or manipulated between extraction and reimplantation.

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However, this does not work for long because so few follicles -- the structures that produce hormones and carry eggs -- survive through reimplantation, the researchers say.

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I felt better after explant and reimplantation with saline seven years ago, but the symptoms are returning, and both breasts are painful.

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Reimplantation in such pregnancies isn’t physiologically possible, according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

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