Definitions For Explant

Verb

{{en-verb}} (medicine) To remove something, such as a medical device, that has been implanted.

Noun

EXPLANT (plural EXPLANTs) (biology) Any portion taken from a plant or an animal that will be used to initiate a culture. It can be a portion of the shoot, or of the leaves, or even just some cells.

Derived terms

microexplant

Etymology

from ex + plant.

Anagrams

Planet X

Is Explant a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
16
Words with Friends
19

The word Explant is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends

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