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preaxial

preaxial adjective: located in front of an axis.

Adjective

preaxial (not comparable)

  1. Located in front of an axis

Origin of preaxial

From pre- + axial.

Words formed from preaxial

Questions about preaxial

What does preaxial mean?
Preaxial means located in front of an axis.
What part of speech is preaxial?
Preaxial is an adjective.

Words near preaxial in the dictionary

  1. preautophagosomal
  2. preautophagosome
  3. preautophagosomes
  4. preautopsy
  5. preaward
  6. preaxial
  7. preaxial polydactyly
  8. preaxially
  9. preaxostylar
  10. preaxostylid
  11. preaxostylids

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