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ELECTIVE AFFINITY

\ɪlˈɛktɪv ɐfˈɪnɪti], \ɪlˈɛktɪv ɐfˈɪnɪti], \ɪ_l_ˈɛ_k_t_ɪ_v ɐ_f_ˈɪ_n_ɪ_t_i]\

Definitions of ELECTIVE AFFINITY

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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that force by which a substance chooses to unite with one substance rather than another.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

That force by which a substance elects to unite with one substance rather than another. [Lat.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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