Medical Dictionary

regeneration

noun re·gen·er·a·tion \ri-ˌjen-ə-ˈrā-shən, ˌrē-\

Medical Definition of REGENERATION

1
:  an act or the process of regenerating :  the state of being regenerated
2
:  the renewal, regrowth, or restoration of a body or a bodily part, tissue, or substance after injury or as a normal bodily process <continual regeneration of epithelial cells> <regeneration of the uterine lining>—compare regulation 2a

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