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postisolation

postisolation adjective: occurring after a period of isolation.

Adjective

postisolation (not comparable)

  1. Occurring after a period of isolation.
    • In this case, the HABC results infer long-term persistence of populations in isolated refugia for all three species, even when allowing for postisolation migration.2009 February 6, Ana Carolina Carnaval et al., “Stability Predicts Genetic Diversity in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest Hotspot”, in Science, volume 323, number 5915, →DOI, pages 785–789

Origin of postisolation

From post- + isolation.

Questions about postisolation

What does postisolation mean?
Postisolation means occurring after a period of isolation.
What part of speech is postisolation?
Postisolation is an adjective.

Words near postisolation in the dictionary

  1. postirradiation
  2. postischaemic
  3. postischemia
  4. postischemic
  5. postischial
  6. postisolation
  7. postisometric
  8. postjail
  9. postjudge
  10. postjudged
  11. postjudges

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