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glosseme

noun
glos·​seme | \ ˈgläˌsēm, ˈglȯˌ-\
plural -s

Definition of glosseme

: the smallest unit (as a word, a stem, a grammatical element, an intonation, or an order of words) that signals a meaning in a language

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glossemic \ (ˈ)⸗¦sēmik \ adjective

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