[ɪksˈplɑːnt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- transfer (living cells, tissues, or organs) from animals or plants to a nutrient medium
(e.g: we decided to explant the heart and excise the tumour)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century (in obsolete sense ‘send out as an offshoot or branch’): from modern Latin explantare, from ex- ‘out’ + plantare ‘to plant’. Modern meanings date from the early 20th century

[ˈɛksplɑːnt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a cell, organ, or piece of tissue which has been transferred from animals or plants to a nutrient medium


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century (in obsolete sense ‘send out as an offshoot or branch’): from modern Latin explantare, from ex- ‘out’ + plantare ‘to plant’. Modern meanings date from the early 20th century