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artifactually

artifactually adverb: with reference to artifacts.

Adverb

artifactually (not comparable)

  1. With reference to artifacts.
  2. (medical imaging or laboratory testing) Apparently but not truly, with the appearance being due to artifacts; spuriously.
    • The weight measurements in the first run were artifactually high because of a tare weight error.
    • Some histopathologic details were artifactually obscured by the staining.

Origin of artifactually

From artifactual + -ly.

Questions about artifactually

What does artifactually mean?
Artifactually means with reference to artifacts.
What part of speech is artifactually?
Artifactually is an adverb.

Words near artifactually in the dictionary

  1. artifactualization
  2. artifactualize
  3. artifactualized
  4. artifactualizes
  5. artifactualizing
  6. artifactually
  7. artifical
  8. artification
  9. artifice
  10. artificed
  11. artificer

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