Subadjacent

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    underneath and adjacent not-comparable

    "Interestingly, the iridophores, which are neurally controlled structural reflectors [21 ,22 ] that lie subadjacent to the chromatophore layer [3 ,23 ], do not bind any of the antibodies we used."

Example

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"Interestingly, the iridophores, which are neurally controlled structural reflectors [21 ,22 ] that lie subadjacent to the chromatophore layer [3 ,23 ], do not bind any of the antibodies we used."

Etymology

From sub- + adjacent.

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