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undermodify

verb

Etymology

From under- + modify.

  1. derived from modificare
  2. derived from modifier
  3. inherited from modifien
  4. prefixed as undermodify — “under + modify”

Definitions

  1. To modify insufficiently.

    • In this light, it is possibly instructive that monkey cells as described in section III, when starved for methionine, undermodify the Y-base in phenylalanine tRNA so that it resembles the situation in tumor cells.
    • Other areas in Europe historically couldn't produce barley with as high of an extract and chose to undermodify the grain to retain more of its brewing value.

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