Usually means: Language with complex, multi-morpheme words.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word polysynthetic:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. polysynthetic: Merriam-Webster
  2. polysynthetic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. polysynthetic: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. polysynthetic: Collins English Dictionary
  5. polysynthetic: Vocabulary.com
  6. polysynthetic: Wordnik
  7. polysynthetic: Wiktionary
  8. polysynthetic: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Polysynthetic, polysynthetic: Dictionary.com
  10. Polysynthetic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Polysynthetic: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. polysynthetic: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. polysynthetic: Rhymezone
  14. Polysynthetic: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. polysynthetic: FreeDictionary.org
  16. polysynthetic: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. polysynthetic: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
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Definitions from Wiktionary (polysynthetic)

adjective:  (grammar, of languages) Characterized by a prevalence of relatively long words containing a large number of morphemes. Typically, the morphemes are bound.
adjective:  (mineralogy) Having layers of twin crystals

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