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Word: Refractile
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
late 18th century; earliest use found in Robert Hooper (1773–1835), physician and medical writer. From refract + -ile
Definition:
Especially of a cell or other structure seen under a microscope: capable of refracting light passing through it.
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