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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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adj
Infected but asymptomatic or not readily detectable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: epidemiology, medicine, sciences
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adj
Less than patent, present but not fully formed or obviously separate from surrounding structures.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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noun
A legal grant for a subdivision of a patent or giving less than complete ownership rights.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
From sub- + patent.
