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bioadhesive

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin haereō Latin adhaereō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Medieval Latin adhaesivusbor. French adhésifder. English adhesive English bioadhesive From bio- + adhesive.

  1. derived from adhaesivus
  2. derived from adhésif
  3. prefixed as bioadhesive — “bio + adhesive”

Definitions

  1. Any of many gums or other naturally-occurring polymers that act as adhesives

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for bioadhesive. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA