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ses⋅sile

  [ses-il, -ahyl]
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–adjective
1. Botany. attached by the base, or without any distinct projecting support, as a leaf issuing directly from the stem.
2. Zoology. permanently attached; not freely moving.
Origin:
1715–25; < L sessilis fit for sitting on, low enough to sit on, dwarfish (said of plants), equiv. to sess(us) (ptp. of sedēre to sit 1 ) + -ilis -ile

Related forms:
ses⋅sil⋅i⋅ty  [se-sil-i-tee] , noun
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ses·sile   (sěs'īl', -əl)   


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adj.  

  1. Botany Stalkless and attached directly at the base: sessile leaves.

  2. Zoology Permanently attached or fixed; not free-moving: a sessile barnacle.


[Latin sessilis, low, of sitting, from sessus, past participle of sedēre, to sit; see sed- in Indo-European roots.]
ses·sil'i·ty (sě-sĭl'ĭ-tē) n.
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Word Origin & History

sessile 
1725, "adhering close to the surface," from L. sessilis "pertaining to sitting," from sessum, pp. of sedere "to sit" (see sedentary). Meaning "sedentary" first recorded 1860.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: ses·sile
Pronunciation: 'ses-Il, -&l
Function: adjective
1 : attached directly by a broad base : not pedunculatedsessile tumor>
2 : firmly attached (as to a cell) : not free to move about <sessile antibodies>
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Medical Dictionary

sessile ses·sile (sěs'īl', -əl)
adj.
Permanently attached or fixed; not free-moving.

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Science Dictionary
sessile   (sěs'īl')  Pronunciation Key 


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  1. Permanently attached or fixed and not free-moving, as corals and mussels.

  2. Stalkless and attached directly at the base, as certain kinds of leaves and fruit.


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