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abasic en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /əˈbeɪ.zik/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree English abasia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English abasic From abasia + -ic (“having the nature of”).

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of, pertaining to or caused by abasia.

Translations (6)

fi abaattinen (of, pertaining to or caused by abasia) · nl door abasie (of, pertaining to or caused by abasia) · pt abásico (of, pertaining to or caused by abasia) · gl abásico (of, pertaining to or caused by abasia) · nl met abasie (of, pertaining to or caused by abasia) · fi kävelykyvytön (of, pertaining to or caused by abasia)

abasic en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /eɪˈbeɪ.sɪk/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *gʷémtis Proto-Hellenic *gʷə́tis Ancient Greek βᾰ́σῐς (bắsĭs)bor. Latin basis Old French basebor. Middle English base English base Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English abasic From a- + base + -ic.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Missing a nucleotide base.
  2. (not-comparable, of a site in a DNA molecule) That has neither a purine nor a pyrimidine base.

Deriveds

abasically