Animalcular

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, relating to, or resembling animalcules.

    "In my lecture on Dust and Disease in 1870 , I referred to an experiment made by Helmholtz upon himself which strikingly connected hay fever with animalcular life."

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"In my lecture on Dust and Disease in 1870 , I referred to an experiment made by Helmholtz upon himself which strikingly connected hay fever with animalcular life."

Etymology

From animalcule + -ar.

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