annectent

[uh-nek-tuh nt]

adjective Zoology.

connecting or linking, as a group of animals transitional between two other species, families, classes, etc.

Origin of annectent

1820–30; < Latin annectent- (stem of annectēns tying to, present participle of annectere), equivalent to an- an-² + nect- bind + -ent- -ent

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annectent in Medicine

(ə-nĕk′tənt)

adj.