disassimilative

English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ assimilative.

Adjective

disassimilative (comparative more disassimilative, superlative most disassimilative)

1. (physiology) Having power to disassimilate; of the nature of disassimilation.
   • 1888-1889, John Gray McKendrick, A Text Book of Physiology

     Disassimilative processes constitute a marked feature in the life of animal cells.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “disassimilative”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)