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interlick

interlick adjective: between licks.

Adjective

interlick (not comparable)

  1. Between licks.
    • Microstructural measures were obtained by analyzing the raw interlick interval data from each session, with a drinking episode or “bout” operationally defined as an occurrence of 20 or more successive licks on a given tube separated by interlick intervals of less than two minutes.2015 September 26, “Chronic Voluntary Ethanol Consumption Induces Favorable Ceramide Profiles in Selectively Bred Alcohol-Preferring (P) Rats”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of interlick

From inter- + lick.

Questions about interlick

What does interlick mean?
Interlick means between licks.
What part of speech is interlick?
Interlick is an adjective.

Words near interlick in the dictionary

  1. interlexically
  2. interliaison
  3. interlibrary
  4. interlibrary loan
  5. interlibrary loans
  6. interlick
  7. interlie
  8. interlies
  9. interligamentary
  10. interligamentous
  11. interligand

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