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tenuations

tenuations is the plural of tenuation.

Meaning of tenuation

Noun

tenuation (plural tenuations)

  1. (rare) Synonym of attenuation.
    • In examining in the dead subject mixed cases of these descriptions, it is necessary to connterpoise the opposite conditions, to balance the hypertrophy against the tenuation, and the dilatation against the contraction, in order to determine which is the predominant affection.1842, James Hope, Caspar Wistar Pennock, A Treatise on the Diseases of the Heart and Great Vessels
    Synonyms:
    attenuation

Questions about tenuations

What is tenuations the plural of?
Tenuations is the plural of tenuation.

Words near tenuations in the dictionary

  1. tenuate
  2. tenuated
  3. tenuates
  4. tenuating
  5. tenuation
  6. tenuations
  7. tenuazonic
  8. tenuazonic acid
  9. tenue
  10. tenue de ville
  11. tenues

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