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Avidity

//əˈvɪdɪti// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Greediness; strong appetite. uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something wordnet
  3. 3
    Eagerness; intenseness of desire. uncountable, usually

    "to eat with avidity"

  4. 4
    The measure of the synergism of the strength of individual interactions between proteins. uncountable, usually

Etymology

From Middle English avidite, from Old French avidite (modern French avidité), from Latin aviditās (“avidity, covetousness”), equivalent to avid + -ity.

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