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to regenerate

to regenerate

43 5.3
Grow back a body part or damaged tissue
  • verb
  • /rɪˈdʒɛnəˌreɪt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : regenerar
  • The liver is regenerating nicely.
  • regenerate muscle
  • regenerate cartilage
  • regenerate the body

I'd like the fact that newts can regenerate their limbs.

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Examples

  • And that will then help the liver to regenerate better.

  • I use them for people with weakened immune systems to help regenerate joints.

  • I think they both have some uncommon ability to regenerate from injury.

  • You, you cut a nerve in the arm and it will regenerate or in the leg, OK.

  • Since then, the cells in his body have regenerated completely, at least three times.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • What if your brain could regenerate itself, updating its own damaged cells?

  • They found a way to regenerate dead tissue.

  • These creatures are engineered to regenerate.

  • I'd like the fact that newts can regenerate their limbs.

  • Newts can regenerate their tails if they lose them in an accident.

Synonyms

to regrow
vsto regenerate
7 3.7

To make new parts after being cut or damaged, as plants and animals do

applies especially to recovery of body parts rather than general plant or animal renewal
to regen
vsto regenerate
  • Specialized
8.0

To grow back tissue or body parts after injury

focuses on physical new tissue formation after damage especially in body areas
to resprout
vsto regenerate
5.0

To grow new shoots after being cut or damaged

concerns renewal of body tissues and not only plant shoots or leaves

Antonyms

885 1.4

To harm something so it becomes less useful, valuable, or healthy

How Regrown

to regenerate
  • Specialized
43 5.3
to regrow
7 3.7

Surface Forms

regenerate infinitive
regenerated past participle
regenerating present participle
regenerates third person singular

Morphology

regenerate = generate (transparent) = re + generate

The biological sense is a clear extension of 'generate again', especially for tissue, cells, or body parts growing back.

Etymology

Regenerate uses re- 'again' and generate 'to make', so you can think of body parts as being 'made again', like a lizard growing its tail. That's why in biology regenerate means to grow again after damage.