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to reisolate

to reisolate

1 7.7
To separate a sample again from others for testing
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈaɪsəˌleɪt/
: reaisolar
  • In order to confirm the results, the scientist needed to reisolate the bacteria from the original culture.
  • reisolate the virus

Examples

  • Viral RNA was recovered from all tissues sampled at postmortem examination, and the virus was reisolated from the lung, brain, lymphoid tissues, and kidney (6).

    Academic text (2014)

  • Virus was not reisolated from these samples.

    Academic text (2014)

  • After the first round of testing, the lab decided to reisolate the samples to ensure accuracy.

  • The researcher aimed to reisolate the compound after it had been previously separated during the experiment.

Antonyms

to connect
215 1.1

Join two things so they form one piece

to integrate
131 4.1

To join things or ideas so they form one whole

How Isolated

to quarantine
37 4.8
to reisolate
1 7.7
to seclude
4 6.7
to isolate
204 4.2
to separate
372 1.9

Surface Forms

reisolate infinitive
reisolated past
reisolated past participle
reisolating present participle
reisolates third person singular

Morphology

reisolate = isolate (transparent) = re + isolate

The prefix 're-' straightforwardly adds the meaning 'again' to the verb 'isolate'.

Etymology

Reisolate is made of the parts re- meaning 'again' and isolate meaning 'set apart'. So to reisolate something is to 'set it apart again', for example when scientists separate a sample one more time to check it.