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REGENERATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Forming again (especially with improvements or removal of defects); renewing and reconstituting
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("regeneration" is a kind of...):
reconstruction (the activity of constructing something again)
Derivation:
regenerate (undergo regeneration)
regenerate (be formed or shaped anew)
regenerate (reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The activity of spiritual or physical renewal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("regeneration" is a kind of...):
resurgence; revitalisation; revitalization; revival; revivification (bringing again into activity and prominence)
Derivation:
regenerate (return to life; get or give new life or energy)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Feedback in phase with (augmenting) the input
Synonyms:
positive feedback; regeneration
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("regeneration" is a kind of...):
feedback (the process in which part of the output of a system is returned to its input in order to regulate its further output)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "regeneration"):
vicious circle; vicious cycle (one trouble leads to another that aggravates the first)
Derivation:
regenerate (amplify (an electron current) by causing part of the power in the output circuit to act upon the input circuit)
Sense 4
Meaning:
(biology) growth anew of lost tissue or destroyed parts or organs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("regeneration" is a kind of...):
biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)
Domain category:
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "regeneration"):
morphallaxis (regeneration on a reduced scale of a body part; observed especially in invertebrates such as certain lobsters)
Derivation:
regenerate (undergo regeneration)
regenerate (replace (tissue or a body part) through the formation of new tissue)
Context examples:
Heparin-Binding Neurotrophic Factors are a family of polypeptide growth factors produced by peripheral target tissues, as well as the nervous system, that block apoptosis and promote neuronal growth, regeneration, survival, and differentiation.
(Heparin-Binding Neurotrophic Factor, NCI Thesaurus)
However, aged cells tend to be highly resistant to any type of manipulation intended to induce regeneration.
(Scientists Discover Molecule that Could Reverse Cellular Aging, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
But this study is the first to demonstrate that the activity of TET1 underpins regeneration in adult mouse liver tissue.
(Regeneration mechanism discovered in mice could provide target for drugs to combat chronic liver disease, University of Cambridge)
I saw hope revive—and felt regeneration possible.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
By activating the regeneration of pancreatic cells, the researchers were able to rescue mice from late-stage type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
(Fasting-Mimicking Diet May Reverse Diabetes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Atinumab binds to reticulon-4, stimulating neurite outgrowth, which may prevent neuronal damage or may facilitate the regeneration of damaged neurons.
(Atinumab, NCI Thesaurus)
Since regeneration of cardiac myocytes is limited, repair by fibrofatty replacement occurs.
(Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)
Overproduction of growth hormone, a protein-based peptide that stimulates growth, cell reproduction, and cell regeneration.
(Growth Hormone Excess, NCI Thesaurus)
The peptide may be active in wound healing and animal limb regeneration.
(Fibroblast Growth Factor, NCI Thesaurus)
Upon administration, monosialotetrahexosylganglioside, also called GM-1, is able to both prevent neurologic damage and induce regeneration of damaged neurons through neurotrophic repair mechanisms, enhancement of the production of neutrophins, and augmenting neurite outgrowth.
(Monosialotetrahexosylganglioside, NCI Thesaurus)
