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Valero- :: Valero- () A combining form (also used adjectively) indicating derivation from, or relation to, valerian or some of its products, as valeric acid; as in valerolactone, a colorless oily liquid produced as the anhydride of an hydroxy valeric acid..

Derivation :: Derivation (n.) A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process..

Lexicology :: Lexicology (n.) The science of the derivation and signification of words; that branch of learning which treats of the signification and application of words.

Metadiscoidal :: Metadiscoidal (a.) Discoidal by derivation; -- applied especially to the placenta of man and apes, because it is supposed to have been derived from a diffused placenta..

Derivative :: Derivative (n.) An agent which is adapted to produce a derivation (in the medical sense).

Etymological :: Etymological (a.) Pertaining to etymology, or the derivation of words..

Revulsion :: Revulsion (n.) The act of turning or diverting any disease from one part of the body to another. It resembles derivation, but is usually applied to a more active form of counter irritation..

Extraction :: Extraction (n.) Derivation from a stock or family; lineage; descent; birth; the stock from which one has descended.

Variation :: Variation (n.) Change of termination of words, as in declension, conjugation, derivation, etc..

Conjugate :: Conjugate (a.) Agreeing in derivation and radical signification; -- said of words.

Derivational :: Derivational (a.) Relating to derivation.

Descent :: Descent (n.) Derivation, as from an ancestor; procedure by generation; lineage; birth; extraction..

Originally :: Originally (adv.) In the original time, or in an original manner; primarily; from the beginning or origin; not by derivation, or imitation..

Paternity :: Paternity (n.) Derivation or descent from a father; male parentage; as, the paternity of a child..

Derivation :: Derivation (n.) The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.

Traduction :: Traduction (n.) Derivation by descent; propagation.

Radical :: Radical (a.) Relating, or belonging, to the root, or ultimate source of derivation; as, a radical verbal form..

Derivably :: Derivably (adv.) By derivation.

Conjugate :: Conjugate (n.) A word agreeing in derivation with another word, and therefore generally resembling it in signification..

Derivation :: Derivation (n.) That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction.

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