repolymerization

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English

Etymology

From re- +‎ polymerization.

Noun

repolymerization (usually uncountable, plural repolymerizations)

  1. Polymerization following a previous depolymerization.
    • 2015 October 9, “Calcium Ion Flow Permeates Cells through SOCs to Promote Cathode-Directed Galvanotaxis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
      These results implied that depolymerization occurred within the cytoskeleton facing the two electrodes and that repolymerization occurred within the cytoskeleton perpendicular to the field vector and was not subject to the calcium ion flow (S4 and S5 Movies).