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cryptochiral

cryptochiral adjective: that exhibits cryptochirality.

Adjective

cryptochiral (comparative more cryptochiral, superlative most cryptochiral)

  1. (physical) That exhibits cryptochirality

Forms of cryptochiral

comparativemore cryptochiral
superlativemost cryptochiral

Origin of cryptochiral

From crypto- + chiral.

Questions about cryptochiral

What does cryptochiral mean?
Cryptochiral means that exhibits cryptochirality.
What part of speech is cryptochiral?
Cryptochiral is an adjective.

Words near cryptochiral in the dictionary

  1. cryptocephaline
  2. cryptocercid
  3. cryptocercids
  4. cryptochetid
  5. cryptochidism
  6. cryptochiral
  7. cryptochirality
  8. cryptochirid
  9. cryptochirids
  10. cryptochlorogenic acid
  11. cryptochlorophaeic acid

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