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semisynthesized

semisynthesized is the simple past and past participle of semisynthesize.

Meaning of semisynthesize

Verb

semisynthesize (third-person singular simple present semisynthesizes, present participle semisynthesizing, simple past and past participle semisynthesized)

  1. To synthesize partially, usually by incorporating natural components.
    • The 1,241st compound that they "semisynthesized" in this way looked particularly promising.1977, Harry Filmore Dowling, Fighting Infection: Conquests of the Twentieth Century, page 185

Questions about semisynthesized

What is semisynthesized the simple past and past participle of?
Semisynthesized is the simple past and past participle of semisynthesize.

Words near semisynthesized in the dictionary

  1. semisynchronizing
  2. semisynchronous
  3. semisyntheses
  4. semisynthesis
  5. semisynthesize
  6. semisynthesized
  7. semisynthesizes
  8. semisynthesizing
  9. semisynthetic
  10. semisynthetically
  11. semisynthetics

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