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autaptic

autaptic adjective: capable of self-sensing, as in an autapse.

Adjective

autaptic (not comparable)

  1. Capable of self-sensing, as in an autapse

Origin of autaptic

From the Ancient Greek for self sensing.

Questions about autaptic

What does autaptic mean?
Autaptic means capable of self-sensing, as in an autapse.
What part of speech is autaptic?
Autaptic is an adjective.

Words near autaptic in the dictionary

  1. autapomorphs
  2. autapomorphy
  3. autapotypic
  4. autapse
  5. autapses
  6. autaptic
  7. autaptically
  8. autarch
  9. autarchic
  10. autarchical
  11. autarchically

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