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extravital

extravital adjective: outside of or beyond life.

Adjective

extravital (not comparable)

  1. Outside of or beyond life.
    • The biochemist hopes to make protoplasm in a beaker, but in transforming his homogeneous jelly into a ‘sprig of moss’ he will need to utilize agencies not only unexplained, but not even analogous to the postulates or properties now ascribed to unorganized matter. These agencies or properties of...1904, Science, Volume 20, The American Association for the Advancement of Science, page 88
    • The sole limitation appears to be the restriction of the chromatic granules ordinarily to the nucleus, while, on the other hand, the linin network of the nucleus appears to have the same granular structure as the cytoplasmic reticulum, and the nuclear membrane appears to originate in a condensation...1912, James Young Simpson, The Spiritual Interpretation of Nature, Hodder and Stoughton, page 73

Origin of extravital

From extra- + vital.

Questions about extravital

What does extravital mean?
Extravital means outside of or beyond life.
What part of speech is extravital?
Extravital is an adjective.

Words near extravital in the dictionary

  1. extravirologic
  2. extravirological
  3. extravisceral
  4. extravisible
  5. extravisual
  6. extravital
  7. extrazeugopodial
  8. extrazodiacal
  9. extrazonal
  10. extraördinary
  11. extream

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