prepattern
noun
A pre-existing pattern; (Embryology ) a genetically determined pattern which governs the development of an embryo.
Origin
1940s.
- disafforestment
- disaggregate
- disaggregation
- disagree
- disagreeable
- disagreeableness
- disagreeably
- disagreement
- disallow
- disallowance
- disambiguate
- disambiguation
- disamenity
- disannul
- disappear
- disappearance
- disappearing act
- disapplication
- disapply
- disappoint
- disappointed
- disappointedly
- disappointing
- disappointingly
- disappointment