chimaeric
chimaeric is the alternative form of chimeric.
Meaning of chimeric
Adjective
chimeric (comparative more chimeric, superlative most chimeric)
- Like a chimera.
- They crossed before the sun and vanished one by one and reappeared again and they were black in the sun and they rode out of that vanished sea like burn phantoms with the legs of the animals kicking up the spume that was not real and they were lost in the sun and lost in the lake and they shimmered...1985, Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, page 109
- Imaginary, fanciful.
- Pertaining to a genetic chimera.
- Application of the technology for producing chimeric mice has given considerable insight into the way intestinal crypts are organized.1997, Nicholas A. Wright, “Stem cell repertoire in the intestine”, in C. S. Potten, editor, Stem cells, →ISBN, page 322
Forms of chimaeric
| comparative | more chimaeric |
|---|---|
| superlative | most chimaeric |
Questions about chimaeric
- What is chimaeric the alternative form of?
- Chimaeric is the alternative form of chimeric.
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