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FREE FORM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does free form mean?
• FREE FORM (noun)
The noun FREE FORM has 1 sense:
1. a morpheme that can occur alone
Familiarity information: FREE FORM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A morpheme that can occur alone
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
free form; free morpheme
Hypernyms ("free form" is a kind of...):
morpheme (minimal meaningful language unit; it cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units)
Context examples
The role of the nanoparticle is to facilitate delivery of the drug to a cellular target that it would not reach in its free form.
(Nanoparticle-Mediated Drug Delivery, NCI Thesaurus)
This protein can be detected in serum either in its free form or bound by anti-p24 antibody.
(HIV p24 Antigen, NCI Thesaurus)
Human immunoglobulin kappa and/or lambda light chains detected in their free form in serum or urine samples as a result of overproduction by plasma cells in excess over heavy chains due to neoplastic plasma cell proliferations.
(Free Immunoglobulin Light Chain, NCI Thesaurus)
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