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regeneration

Word definitions for regeneration in dictionaries

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Regeneration is renewal through the internal processes of a body or system. Something which embodies this action can be described as regenerative . Many titles of cultural work and cultural and scientific concepts use the term, and may refer to:

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n. (biology) growth anew of lost tissue or destroyed parts or organs feedback in phase with (augmenting) the input [syn: positive feedback ] the activity of spiritual or physical renewal forming again (especially with improvements or removal of defects); ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Regeneration \Re*gen`er*a"tion\ (-?"sh?n), n. [L. regeneratio: cf. F. r['e]g['e]neration.] The act of regenerating, or the state of being regenerated. (Theol.) The entering into a new spiritual life; the act of becoming, or of being made, Christian; ...

Usage examples of regeneration.

I hid Marcoline in a large cupboard, and then putting on my dressing-gown I went to the marchioness to inform her that Selenis had fixed the next day for the hour of regeneration, and that we must be careful to finish before the hour of the moon began, as otherwise the operation would be annulled or at least greatly enfeebled.

Asia and America, the most striking is that offered by the Mexican mythology in the cosmogonical fiction of the periodical destructions and regenerations of the universe.

She herself asked the question imploring Paralis not to delay the time of her regeneration, even though the Undine were lacking, since she could very well bathe herself.

Thus it happens that this university of Naples, in which the illustrious representative of the classic school of criminology realized the necessity of its regeneration, and in which Bovio foresaw its sterility, has younger teachers now who keep alive the fire of the positivist tendency in criminal science, such as Penta, Zuccarelli, and others, whom you know.

First Consul to intimate to foreign powers, while at the same time he assured himself against the return of the Bourbons, that the system which he proposed to adopt was a system of order and regeneration, unlike either the demagogic violence of the Convention or the imbecile artifice of the Directory.

Spirit, 505 Which none see by but those that bear it: A light that falls down from on high, For spiritual trades to cozen by An Ignis Fatuus, that bewitches And leads men into pools and ditches, 510 To make them dip themselves, and sound For Christendom in dirty pond To dive like wild-fowl for salvation, And fish to catch regeneration.

The appearance of age lay not so much in her baby-smooth skin, a dead giveaway of the most expensive sort of geriatrics regeneration, or even her obvious and extreme frailness, as in her mannerisms and behavior.

I am the all, the one, the destruction and regeneration, and the linga is my sacred symbol.

The progress of the race means much to the Negro woman, and as she goes forth adding her best energies to the uplifting of her people the work in itself will react upon her, and from a passive individual she will be a more alert and useful factor in the regeneration of her race and to the social system at large.

Obsequy of our Religion, and take upon thee a a voluntary yoake of ministrie : And when thou beginnest to serve and honour the goddes, then thou shalt feele the fruit of thy liberty : After that the great Priest had prophesied in this manner, with often breathings, he made a conclusion of his words : Then I went amongst the company of die rest and followed the procession : everie one of the people knew me, and pointing at me with their fingers, said in this sort : Behold him who is this day transformed into a man by the puissance of the soveraigne goddesse, verily he is blessed and most blessed that hath merited so great grace from heaven, as by the innocencie of his former life, and as it were by a new regeneration is reserved to the obsequie of the goddesse.

It might have been a regeneration serum, or designs for cheap alloplasty components, or even a new religion.

In particular, breakthroughs in alloplasty and regeneration ended the organ bank problem.

Simpson published an article on spontaneous amputation of the forearm and rudimentary regeneration of the hand in the fetus.

We will know which gene we have to perturb with what, or which sequences of genes we have to perturb in what temporal order, to guide the differentiation of a cancer cell to nonmalignant behavior or to apoptosis, or to guide the regeneration of some tissue.

For instance, on the third day after her regeneration, she requested me to ask Paralis where she was to die--that is, to be brought to bed.