See Also: revertant(medicine)
revertant(dictionary)
flat revertant(medicine)

construct (iou) and revertant (iou)


construct (iou)



construct verb trans. Pa. pple constructed, (arch.) construct. LME.
[Latin construct- pa. ppl stem of construere, formed as CON- + struere lay, pile, build.]
I.
Make by fitting parts together; build, erect. LME.
b. Form in the mind, devise. M18.
Find a geometrical construction for (a problem); draw precisely (a geometrical figure). E18.
Grammar. Combine (words) according to grammatical rules. M19.
II.
Interpret, understand (in a certain way). Scot. E17-M18.
constructible adjective M19.
constructor, constructer noun (a) a person who construes or interprets; (b) a person who constructs: E17.

revertant (iou)



revertant adjective & noun. L17.
[from REVERT verb + -ANT1, after French pres. pples in -ant.]
A. adjective.
Heraldry. Bending, spec. in the form of an S. rare. L17.
Biology. Having reverted to the normal phenotype from a mutant or abnormal state. M20.
b. noun. Biology. A revertant cell, organism, strain, etc. M20.