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semiadherent

adj

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin haereō Latin adhaereō Latin adhaerēnsder. Old French adherentbor. Middle English adherent English adherent English semiadherent From semi- + adherent.

  1. derived from adhaerēns
  2. derived from adherent
  3. inherited from adherent
  4. prefixed as semiadherent — “semi + adherent”

Definitions

  1. partly adherent

    • semiadherent cells
    • semiadherent hairs
    • semiadherent layer

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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