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cineritious

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin cinericius.

Adjective

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cineritious (comparative more cineritious, superlative most cineritious)

  1. (biology) Cinereous.
    • 1843, Caspar Wistar, A System of Anatomy for the Use of Students of Medicine[1], volume 2, Thomas, Cowperthwait & Company, page 560:
      Its outer portion is composed exclusively of the white or fibrous neurine, and its interior contains a considerable portion of the cineritious or pulpy neurine, called sometimes the nucleus of the spinal marrow.
  2. (anatomy) Related to the cinerea.