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des-

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From Middle English des-, dis-, from Old French des-, from Latin dis-.

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morpheme, obsolete Obsolete form of dis- (“reversal of sense of succeeding word”).
morpheme A removal of a group from a molecule.

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"des-." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/des-. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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des-. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/des-

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"des-." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/des-.

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@misc{des_2026,
  title = {des-},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/des-},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}