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apostematous

apostematous adjective: of or pertaining to an aposteme; having the nature of an aposteme; characterised by apostemes.

Adjective

apostematous (comparative more apostematous, superlative most apostematous)

  1. Of or pertaining to an aposteme; having the nature of an aposteme; characterised by apostemes.
    • But I suspect they are rarely applicable to any other than the apostematous phthisis. […] Patients labouring under severe apostematous consumption, have often derived signal advantage from living solely on milk.1827, Thomas John Graham, Of Pulmonary Consumption: Of the Apostematous Consumption, chapter section in Modern Domestic Medicine, page 275-276

Forms of apostematous

comparativemore apostematous
superlativemost apostematous

Origin of apostematous

From apostemate + -ous.

Questions about apostematous

What does apostematous mean?
Apostematous means of or pertaining to an aposteme; having the nature of an aposteme; characterised by apostemes.
What part of speech is apostematous?
Apostematous is an adjective.

Words near apostematous in the dictionary

  1. apostemated
  2. apostemates
  3. apostemating
  4. apostemation
  5. apostemations
  6. apostematous
  7. aposteme
  8. apostemes
  9. aposteriori
  10. aposteriorism
  11. aposterioristic

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