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semisynthetic

semisynthetic adjective: synthesized by chemically modifying a natural material.

Adjective

semisynthetic (not comparable)

  1. synthesized by chemically modifying a natural material

Noun

semisynthetic (plural semisynthetics)

  1. Any compound that is synthesized by chemically modifying a natural material.

Forms of semisynthetic

pluralsemisynthetics

Origin of semisynthetic

From semi- + synthetic.

Words formed from semisynthetic

Questions about semisynthetic

What does semisynthetic mean?
Semisynthetic means synthesized by chemically modifying a natural material.
What part of speech is semisynthetic?
Semisynthetic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near semisynthetic in the dictionary

  1. semisynthesis
  2. semisynthesize
  3. semisynthesized
  4. semisynthesizes
  5. semisynthesizing
  6. semisynthetic
  7. semisynthetically
  8. semisynthetics
  9. semisystematic
  10. semisystematically
  11. semita

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