semisynthetic

[ sem-ee-sin-thet-ik, sem-ahy- ]

adjectiveChemistry.
  1. derived synthetically from one or more substances of natural origin.

Origin of semisynthetic

1
First recorded in 1935–40; semi- + synthetic

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