glabrate
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breɪt, -brɪt Origin:
1855–60; < Latin glabrātus (past participle of glabrāre to make bare, deprive of hair), equivalent to glabr-, stem of glaber without hair, smooth + -ātus -ate1
1855–60; < Latin glabrātus (past participle of glabrāre to make bare, deprive of hair), equivalent to glabr-, stem of glaber without hair, smooth + -ātus -ate1
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glabrous or glabrate (ˈɡleɪbrəs, ˈɡleɪbreɪt, -brɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| biology without hair or a similar growth; smooth: a glabrous stem | |
| [C17 glabrous, from Latin glaber] | |
| glabrate or glabrate | |
| —adj | |
| [C17 glabrous, from Latin glaber] | |
| 'glabrousness or glabrate | |
| —n | |
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Glabrate
is always a great word to know.
So is annelida. Does it mean:
| phylum comprised of annelids |
| vertebrate with body hair that nourishes young with milk from mammary glands |
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Medical Dictionary
glabrate gla·brate (glā'brāt', -brĭt)
adj.
Glabrous.
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Example sentences
The margins revolute, glabrous or glabrate above and thinly hairy beneath or at first somewhat tomentose.
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