Words / R / Medicine

reconstitute

/riːˈkɒnstɪtjuːt/

B2CEFR level
60/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister

Medicine verb

To restore a powdered medicine to liquid form by adding a fluid.

You reconstitute the powder with cooled boiled water and shake it well before each dose.

Topic: Pharmacy in Medical English

Law verb

To reform a board or body with a fresh composition.

Following the resignations, the board was reconstituted with a majority of independent directors.

Topic: Company & governance in Legal English

Business verb

To form something again from its components, often in an altered arrangement.

After the spin-off, the steering committee was reconstituted with three external directors.

Similar: reform, reassemble

Topic: Management & organisation in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

Get words like reconstitute on your lock screen, a few a day, with review that makes them stick.

Download on the App Store Lexfall puts a new word on your home and lock screen through widgets, so you learn without opening an app. Free to download. After a free trial, a subscription unlocks every field. Built for iPhone, iOS 15.1 or later.
QR code that opens Lexfall on the App Store
On a computer?Scan with your iPhone camera.

More medicine words: Pharmacy