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semisynthesize

verb

Etymology

From semi- + synthesize.

  1. derived from σύνθεσις
  2. derived from synthesis
  3. suffixed as synthesize — “synthesis + ize”
  4. prefixed as semisynthesize — “semi + synthesize”

Definitions

  1. To synthesize partially, usually by incorporating natural components.

    • The 1,241st compound that they "semisynthesized" in this way looked particularly promising.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

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