Semiurban

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Partially urban. not-comparable

    "The scientists suspect that there are additional undetected cases because the patient lived in a semiurban area of Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, and she said she had no contact with apes or their meat."

Example

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"The scientists suspect that there are additional undetected cases because the patient lived in a semiurban area of Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, and she said she had no contact with apes or their meat."

Etymology

From semi- + urban.

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