noun
- plural of explantation; the removal of living tissue or organs from an organism for culture or transplantation
Usage: technical; biology/medicine
Examples
- The researchers performed several explantations of heart tissue for the in vitro study.
- Explantations of embryonic tissue are common procedures in developmental biology research.
- The surgical team documented all explantations before beginning the transplant procedure.
- Successful explantations require sterile technique and careful handling of the tissue.
- Multiple explantations from different donors were cultured in the laboratory.