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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

postfixation en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English fixation English postfixation From post- + fixation.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The adding of a postfix to a word.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A secondary fixation of a histological sample, often using osmium tetroxide to fixate lipids.

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