regenerableadj.
/rᵻˈdʒɛn(ə)rəbl/, U.S. /riˈdʒɛnərəbəl/, /rəˈdʒɛnərəbəl/ Capable of being regenerated or of undergoing regeneration.
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the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > [adjective] > restoring to flourishing condition > restored to flourishing condition > able to be
revivable1632
reviviscenta1646
regenerable1663
resuscitable1842
1663 G. Harvey Archelogia Philosophica Nova II. i. xx. 142 Children's teeth are regenerable, but teeth contain innate heat in them; ergo innate heat is regenerable.
1793 W. Rowley Rational Pract. Physic III. 239 The aqueous and vitreous humor are regenerable.
1867 Med. Rec. (N.Y.) 1 June 165/1 Those [germs] of yellow-fever and influenza are transportable through the air, regenerable in it, multiplicable in it, and zymotic in it.
1908 O. Nagel tr. H. von Jüptner Heat Energy & Fuels xxii. 289 ‘Regenerable’ gases are for instance combustion gases and gases from lime kilns or blast furnaces.
1948 Science 9 Jan. 39/1 Numerous trials..failed, as did efforts at the resolution of regenerable derivatives of arterenol.
1976 Nature 24 June 660/1 Microparticles were needed in the thermally regenerable ion-exchange process to ensure rapid rates of ion-exchange.
2001 Plant Cell 13 85/1 All transformations were performed with clonally propagated material of one selected highly regenerable line.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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