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sesquialterate (medicine)


sesquialterate


Once and a half times as great as another; having the ratio of one and a half to one.

<mathematics> Sesquialteral ratio, the ratio of one and a half to one; thus, 9 and 6 are in a sequialteral ratio.

Origin: L. Sesquialter once and a half; sesqui- + alter other: cf. F. Sesquialtere.

Source: Websters Dictionary