aptotic

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/æpˈtɒtɪk/

adjective

Uninflected.

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Meanings

aptotic1

adjectiveaptotic (comparative more aptotic, superlative most aptotic)

comparative more aptotic · superlative most aptotic

  1. obsoletegrammarUninflected.

    To become as they'd say out here aptotic, uninflected, unable, sometimes, to tell subject from object.

    2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 282

aptotic2

adjective
  1. misspellingrarebiologyMisspelling of apoptotic.

Origin

aptotic · adjective

From aptote + -ic.

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aptotic · adjective

Haplology of apoptotic.

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APA

aptotic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aptotic

MLA

“aptotic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aptotic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aptotic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aptotic.

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