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cisternal

cisternal adjective: relating to cisterns or cisternae.

Adjective

cisternal (not comparable)

  1. Relating to cisterns or cisternae

Origin of cisternal

From cistern + -al.

Words formed from cisternal

Questions about cisternal

What does cisternal mean?
Cisternal means relating to cisterns or cisternae.
What part of speech is cisternal?
Cisternal is an adjective.

Words near cisternal in the dictionary

  1. cistern epiphytes
  2. cisterna
  3. cisterna chyli
  4. cisterna magna
  5. cisternae
  6. cisternal
  7. cisternal maturation model
  8. cisterned
  9. cisternful
  10. cisternfuls
  11. cisternographic

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