parabiotic

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

para- +‎ -biotic

Adjective[edit]

parabiotic (not comparable)

  1. relating to parabiosis
    • 2001 November 30, Douglas E. Wright et al., “Physiological Migration of Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells”, in Science[1], volume 294, number 5548, →DOI, pages 1933–1936:
      We examined the fate of blood-borne HSCs using genetically marked parabiotic mice, which are surgically conjoined and share a common circulation.

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French parabiotique.

Adjective[edit]

parabiotic m or n (feminine singular parabiotică, masculine plural parabiotici, feminine and neuter plural parabiotice)

  1. parabiotic

Declension[edit]