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extractable

extractable adjective: capable of being extracted.

Adjective

extractable (comparative more extractable, superlative most extractable)

  1. Capable of being extracted.
    • Thus far, Dr. Petrakis said, he had found that in women with […] extractable breast fluid, the amount of lipid peroxides in the fluid was on the average seven times higher in Caucasian women than in women of Chinese de[s]cent. In addition, women with cystic breast disease, who face a higher than...1975 March 23, Jane Brody, “Clue to Cancer Found in Breast Fluid”, in The New York Times

Forms of extractable

comparativemore extractable
superlativemost extractable

Origin of extractable

From extract + -able.

Words formed from extractable

Questions about extractable

What does extractable mean?
Extractable means capable of being extracted.
What part of speech is extractable?
Extractable is an adjective.

Words near extractable in the dictionary

  1. extract from the judicial record
  2. extract the Michael
  3. extract the urine
  4. extractabilities
  5. extractability
  6. extractable
  7. extractant
  8. extractants
  9. extracted
  10. extracted the urine
  11. extractest

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