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Reduplication

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re⋅du⋅pli⋅ca⋅tion

  [ri-doo-pli-key-shuhn, -dyoo-]
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–noun
1. the act of reduplicating; the state of being reduplicated.
2. something resulting from reduplicating.
3. Grammar.
a. reduplicating as a grammatical pattern.
b. the added element in a reduplicated form.
c. a form containing a reduplicated element.
Origin:
1580–90; < LL reduplicātiōn- (s. of reduplicātiō). See reduplicate, -ion
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re·du·pli·ca·tion   (rĭ-dōō'plĭ-kā'shən, -dyōō'-)   
n.  

  1. The act of reduplicating or the state of being reduplicated.

  2. The product or result of reduplicating.

  3. Linguistics

    1. A word formed by or containing a reduplicated element.

    2. The added element in a word form that is reduplicated.

re·du'pli·ca'tive adj., re·du'pli·ca'tive·ly adv.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: re·du·pli·ca·tion
Pronunciation: ri-"d(y)ü-pli-'kA-sh&n, "rE-
Function: noun
: an act or instance ofdoubling <reduplication of the chromosomes>
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reduplication re·du·pli·ca·tion (rĭ-d&oomacr;'plĭ-kā'shən, -dy&oomacr;'-)
n.

  1. A redoubling.

  2. A duplication or doubling, as of the sounds of the heart in certain diseased states.

  3. The abnormal presence of two parts instead of a single part.

  4. A fold or duplicature.

re·du'pli·cate' v.

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