semiprotection

semiprotection

English

Etymology

semi- +‎ protection

Noun

semiprotection (uncountable)

1. partial protection
   • 2003, Shelley McKellar, Surgical limits: the life of Gordon Murray (page 17)

     Behind the lines, the gunners had the semiprotection of makeshift shelters - sheets of corrugated galvanized iron, bolted together and covered with layers of sandbags, sod, and netting.

   • 2003, Sharon Dunn, Romance Rustlers and Thunderbird Thieves (page 173)

     Rain drizzled steadily as we entered the semiprotection of a grove of trees. At least the wind wasn't hitting us so hard. Mom's umbrella proved to be close to useless, because it kept collapsing.

   • 2009, Pina M. Fratamico, James L. Smith, Kim A. Brogden, Sequelae and long-term consequences of infectious diseases (page 264)

     A primigravida pregnant women who has semi-immunity to parasites adherent to endothelium in other organs lacks this semiprotection to the parasites capable of binding to the placenta […]