ARTIFACTUAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does artifactual mean? 

• ARTIFACTUAL (adjective)
  The adjective ARTIFACTUAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to artifacts

  Familiarity information: ARTIFACTUAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARTIFACTUAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to artifacts

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

artefactual; artifactual

Pertainym:

artefact (a man-made object taken as a whole)

Derivation:

artifact (a man-made object taken as a whole)

 Context examples 

An invasive breast carcinoma characterized by the presence of clusters of malignant cells located within artifactual clear stromal spaces that resemble vascular spaces.

(Invasive Micropapillary Breast Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)