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sem⋅eme

  [sem-eem, see-meem]
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–noun Linguistics.
1. the meaning of a morpheme.
2. a basic unit of meaning or content.
Origin:
< Gk sêm(a) sign + -eme; coined by L. Bloomfield in 1933; cf. semanteme
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se·meme   (sē'mēm')   
n.  The meaning expressed by a morpheme.

[Greek sēma, sign + -eme.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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