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deglutinations

deglutinations is the plural of deglutination.

Meaning of deglutination

Noun

deglutination (usually uncountable, plural deglutinations)

  1. (usually) The act of ungluing.
  2. (usually) The removal of gluten from a cereal product.
  3. (usually) A process by which a formerly significant part of a combined term is clipped.
    • The original meaning of πρύτανις was 'chief magistrate' which metonymically could also be used of the ‘ruler, lord’ (e.g. Zeus). It is no doubt rightly connected with the Etruscan magistrate's name purθne, eprθni. Because of this, and because Aeolic has πρότανις, Phocian and Cretan βρυτ-, it cannot...1974, Oswald Szemerényi, “The origins of the Greek lexicon: Ex Oriente Lux”, in The Journal of Hellenic Studies, volume 94, →DOI, page 154
    Antonyms:
    agglutination

Questions about deglutinations

What is deglutinations the plural of?
Deglutinations is the plural of deglutination.

Words near deglutinations in the dictionary

  1. deglutinate
  2. deglutinated
  3. deglutinates
  4. deglutinating
  5. deglutination
  6. deglutinations
  7. deglutinisation
  8. deglutinization
  9. deglutinize
  10. deglutition
  11. deglutitions

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