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attenuates

verb

Meaning

  1. To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree.
  2. To make thinner, as by physically reshaping, starving, or decaying.
  3. To become thin or fine; to grow less.
  4. To weaken.
  5. To rarefy.
  6. To reduce the virulence of a bacterium or virus.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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