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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..

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

Derivation :: Derivation (n.) The operation of deducing one function from another according to some fixed law, called the law of derivation, as the of differentiation or of integration..

Derivation :: Derivation (n.) That from which a thing is derived.

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

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..

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

Paronymous :: Paronymous (a.) Having the same derivation; allied radically; conjugate; -- said of certain words, as man, mankind, manhood, etc..

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

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

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

Derivative :: Derivative (a.) Obtained by derivation; derived; not radical, original, or fundamental; originating, deduced, or formed from something else; secondary; as, a derivative conveyance; a derivative word..

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

Derive :: Derive (v. t.) To trace the origin, descent, or derivation of; to recognize transmission of; as, he derives this word from the Anglo-Saxon..

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

Derivation :: Derivation (n.) The act of tracing origin or descent, as in grammar or genealogy; as, the derivation of a word from an Aryan root..

Derivably :: Derivably (adv.) By derivation.

Derivation :: Derivation (n.) A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.

Derivation :: Derivation (n.) The act of receiving anything from a source; the act of procuring an effect from a cause, means, or condition, as profits from capital, conclusions or opinions from evidence..

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

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