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General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. dissimilations: Merriam-Webster
  2. dissimilations: Collins English Dictionary
  3. dissimilations: Wiktionary
  4. dissimilations: Dictionary.com
  5. dissimilations: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dissimilations: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (dissimilation)

noun:  The act of dissimilating, of making dissimilar.
noun:  (microbiology) A dissimilatory process that supply a cell with energy only without the assimilation of nutrients.
noun:  (phonology, phonetics) A phenomenon where one of a pair of similar adjacent consonant or vowel sounds in a word becomes less similar.
noun:  Misspelling of dissimulation. [The act of concealing the truth; hypocrisy or deception.]
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