attenuate
41attenuation — attenuate ► VERB 1) reduce the strength, effect, or value of. 2) make thin or thinner. DERIVATIVES attenuation noun. ORIGIN Latin attenuare make slender …
42thin — vb Thin, attenuate, extenuate, dilute, rarefy. Thin is the most inclusive of these terms and is interchangeable with any of the others, though not without some loss of precision or of specific connotations. Basically it implies reduction in… …
43Nepenthes mollis — Figure 14 of The Nepenthaceae of the Netherlands Indies , showing the holotype of Nepenthes mollis (Endert 4282). Conservation status …
44Nepenthes rajah — Large lower pitcher of Nepenthes rajah. Mount Kinabalu, Borneo. Conservation status …
45Nepenthes klossii — An upper pitcher of Nepenthes klossii Conservation status …
46Nepenthes muluensis — An upper pitcher of Nepenthes muluensis from Mount Murud Conservation status …
47Nepenthes eustachya — A pair of upper pitchers of N. eustachya Conservation status …
48Nepenthes neoguineensis — Lower pitchers of N. neoguineensis from Western New Guinea Conservation status …
49Nepenthes insignis — An upper pitcher of Nepenthes insignis from the New Guinea mainland Conservation status …
50Attenuated virus — To attenuate is to weaken or to make (or become) thin. The word derives from a combination of the Latin prefix ad , meaning to or toward, and tenuis, meaning thin. The use of attenuate in medicine is not new. In the 16th century, eating dried… …
