doughlike en · ADJ
Etymology
From dough + -like.
Meanings
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Resembling dough.
When the Turritopsis medusa rejuvenates, muscle cells, for example, turn certain genes on or off, essentially unbaking the cells and reverting them to doughlike stem cells.
2017, Juli Berwald, “Life’s Limits”, in Spineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone, New York, N.Y.: Riverhead Books, →ISBN, page 153:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most doughlike | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more doughlike | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (5)
ru тестообра́зный (resembling dough) · de teigartig (resembling dough) · cy toesaidd (resembling dough) · uk тістоподі́бний (resembling dough) · cy toeslyd (resembling dough)