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explant

explant

1 9.4
A device, organ, or piece of tissue removed from a body for study
  • noun
  • /ˈɛksplænt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : explante
  • After the surgery, the doctors sent the kidney explant to the lab for analysis.
  • regeneration from explant
  • leaf explant
  • shoots per explant

Examples

  • An outgrowth of adherent cells from the tissue explants was observed after one week of attachment.

    Academic text (2018)
  • The study presents efficient adventitious shoot regeneration from leaf explants of Roundleaf toothcup.

    Academic text (2014)
  • The placental villous explant model was employed as previously described.

    Academic text (2018)
  • However, in explants treated with 0.1%, no shoot formation was recorded.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Statistical analysis: Experiments were replicated twice with at least 30 test tubes per treatment containing one explant per tube.

    Academic text (2015)
  • However, the total number of shoots per explant was found to be insignificant, ranging from 25.23 to 30.73.

    Academic text (2014)
  • After 10-12 days, the tissue explants were removed from the petri dishes, leaving behind the attached cells.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Sodium azide was selected to induce mutations in the nodal explants.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Whereas, a maximum number of 18.67 shoots per explant was obtained from MS medium containing 2.00 mg/L BA and 0.20 mg/L GA3.

    Academic text (2014)
  • Haploids can be regenerated from anther or microspore explants, and the genome can be doubled using genome doubling agents like colchicine.

    Academic text (2015)

Surface Forms

explant singular
explants plural

Morphology

explant = plant (opaque) = ex + plant

The form can be segmented as ex- + plant, but the specialized tissue/research meaning is not readily predictable from those parts for an average learner.

Etymology

Explant comes from ex- meaning 'out' and plant, the same simple word as a garden plant and related to the medical word implant. Imagine pulling a plant out of the soil — an explant is a piece of tissue 'pulled out' of a body for study, which is why the word means tissue removed for research.