imaginal
Americanadjective
adjective
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of, relating to, or resembling an imago
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of or relating to an image
Etymology
Origin of imaginal
Example Sentences
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All that was now dissolving, back into imaginal discs of emotion.
From Slate
As roots reggae’s foremost producer, Perry, wrote essayist and musician David Toop, built “an imaginal chamber over which presided the electronic wizard, evangelist, gossip columnist and Dr. Frankenstein.”
From Los Angeles Times
Within this living soup are the imaginal cells that will catalyse its transformation into winged maturity.
From The Guardian
May the best among us, the most visionary, the most inclusive, be the imaginal cells – for now we are in the soup.
From The Guardian
Muscles liquefy and reorganize themselves around groups of cells called “imaginal discs,” creating brand-new body parts: wings, legs, antennae, and so on.
From Literature
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