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melicerous

melicerous adjective: consisting of or containing honeylike matter; said of certain encysted tumours.

Adjective

melicerous (comparative more melicerous, superlative most melicerous)

  1. Consisting of or containing honeylike matter; said of certain encysted tumours.
    • melicerous tumors

Forms of melicerous

comparativemore melicerous
superlativemost melicerous

Origin of melicerous

From Latin meliceris (“a kind of tumor”), from Ancient Greek μελικηρίς (melikērís, “honeycomb”), from μέλι (méli, “honey”) + κηρός (kērós, “wax”).

Questions about melicerous

What does melicerous mean?
Melicerous means consisting of or containing honeylike matter; said of certain encysted tumours.
What part of speech is melicerous?
Melicerous is an adjective.

Words near melicerous in the dictionary

  1. Meliboeans
  2. melic
  3. Melicarthus
  4. Melicent
  5. meliceric
  6. melicerous
  7. melicgrass
  8. Melichar
  9. Melichars
  10. melicitose
  11. melick

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