extractable

extractable

English

Etymology

    From extract + -able.

    Adjective

    extractable (comparative more extractable, superlative most extractable)

    1. Capable of being extracted.
      • 1975 March 23, Jane Brody, “Clue to Cancer Found in Breast Fluid”, in The New York Times[1]:
        Thus far, Dr. Petrakis said, he had found that in women with [] extractable breast fluid, the amount of lipid peroxides in the fluid was on the average seven times higher in Caucasian women than in women of Chinese de[s]cent. In addition, women with cystic breast disease, who face a higher than usual risk of breast cancer, appear to have more peroxides in their breast fluid than women with normal breasts.

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    Spanish

    Adjective

    extractable m or f (masculine and feminine plural extractables)

    1. extractable