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decarcinisation

decarcinisation is the alternative spelling of decarcinization.

Meaning of decarcinization

Noun

decarcinization (uncountable)

  1. The process of becoming un-crab-like; the evolution of a crablike species away from a crablike form.
    • The latter authors also suggest that evolution of the crab-like form is irreversible, which stands in stark contrast to the notion of decarcinization. Nevertheless, DNA sequencing is a boon […]2021, WP Veldsman, Coconut Crab Genomics: A Study of Terrestrial Adaptation in the Anomura
    Antonyms:
    carcinization

Questions about decarcinisation

What is decarcinisation the alternative spelling of?
Decarcinisation is the alternative spelling of decarcinization.

Words near decarcinisation in the dictionary

  1. decarcerations
  2. decarch
  3. decarchies
  4. decarchs
  5. decarchy
  6. decarcinisation
  7. decarcinization
  8. decard
  9. decarded
  10. decardinalize
  11. decardinalized

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