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cineritious

cineritious adjective: cinereous.

Adjective

cineritious (comparative more cineritious, superlative most cineritious)

  1. Cinereous.
    • Its outer portion is composed exclusively of the white or fibrous neurine, and its interior contains a considerable portion of the cineritious or pulpy neurine, called sometimes the nucleus of the spinal marrow.1843, Caspar Wistar, A System of Anatomy for the Use of Students of Medicine, volume 2, Thomas, Cowperthwait & Company, page 560
  2. Related to the cinerea.

Forms of cineritious

comparativemore cineritious
superlativemost cineritious

Origin of cineritious

Borrowed from Latin cinericius.

Words formed from cineritious

Questions about cineritious

What does cineritious mean?
Cineritious means cinereous.
What part of speech is cineritious?
Cineritious is an adjective.

Words near cineritious in the dictionary

  1. cinerescent
  2. cinerin
  3. cinerins
  4. cinerite
  5. cinerites
  6. cineritious
  7. cineroentgenography
  8. cinerolone
  9. cinerous
  10. cinerulent
  11. cinerulose

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