regenerative medicine
Medicine that replaces or regenerates human cells, tissue or organs, to restore or…Medicine that replaces or regenerates human cells, tissue or organs, to restore or establish normal function.
» Scientists talked about the future of regenerative medicine, which combines the body’s ability to heal itself with progress in biomedical engineering.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)Medicine that replaces or regenerates human cells, tissue or organs, to restore or establish normal function.
Examples
2 sentencesScientists talked about the future of regenerative medicine, which combines the body’s ability to heal itself with progress in biomedical engineering.
Scientists at Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine are working on 3D bio printed human organs.
Origin
First coinage is widely attributed (incorrectly as it turns out) to William Haseltine (fouFirst coinage is widely attributed (incorrectly as it turns out) to William Haseltine (founder of Human Genome Sciences). From the work of Michael Lysaght (Brown University), his team "first found the term in a 1992 article on hospital administration by Leland Kaiser. Kaiser’s paper closes with a series of short paragraphs on future technologies that will impact hospitals. One such paragraph had ‘‘Regenerative Medicine’’ as a bold print title and went on to state, ‘‘A new branch of medicine will develop that attempts to change the course of chronic disease and in many instances will regenerate tired and failing organ systems.’’
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Forms
plural: regenerative medicines| Singular | regenerative medicine |
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable