disassimilative
English
Etymology
dis- + assimilative
Adjective
disassimilative (comparative more disassimilative, superlative most disassimilative)
- (physiology) Having power to disassimilate; of the nature of disassimilation.
- 1888-1889, John Gray McKendrick, A Text Book of Physiology
- Disassimilative processes constitute a marked feature in the life of animal cells.
- 1888-1889, John Gray McKendrick, A Text Book of Physiology
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for disassimilative in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)