superregeneration
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
superregeneration (uncountable)
- (biology) The regeneration of more tissue than what is removed or damaged, such as in the production of supernumerary digits and amputated limbs within the urodele amphibians.
- (biology, rare) Extreme, superhuman regeneration.
- 1905, Charles Scribner’s Sons, The Approach to Philosophy[1], Harvard University Press, page 225:
- Functional disturbances of the brain might give us the explanation here, just as material disturbances may serve to explain superregeneration in spite of all vitalism.
- (radio) The superregenerative technique.
References[edit]
- “superregeneration”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.