regeneration

In biology, regrowth of damaged or destroyed tissue or body part.

The growth of new tissues or organs to replace those injured or lost. In plant tissue culture, regeneration refers to the development of organs or plantlets from an explant. See: conversion; micropropagation; organogenesis.

In a regenerative repeater, the process by which digital signals are amplified, reshaped, retimed, and retransmitted. Synonym positive feedback. 2. In a storage or display device, the restoration of stored or displayed data that have deteriorated. Note: For example, conventional cathode-ray tube displays must be continually regenerated for the data to remain displayed. 3. In computer graphics, the sequence of events needed to generate a display image from its representation in storage.