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adj. - Not of natural origin.

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  • These include the plants manufacturing semisynthetic antibiotics in Havana,
  • A semisynthetic antibiotics plant and an optical complex are currently being completed, and other investments are being made and planned.
  • Reichstein and Kendall, and thus a way was opened for semisynthetic production e.g. from the more easily obtainable bile acids or material from a certain species of
  • Deck-material makers Trex and TimberTech were early producers of composites blending plastic with reclaimed lumberyard sawdust to create a semisynthetic "lumber" that...
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