See Also: saltatory(medicine)
saltatory(dictionary)
saltatory chorea(medicine)
saltatory conduction(medicine)
saltatory evolution(medicine)
saltatory movement(medicine)
saltatory replication(medicine)
saltatory spasm(medicine)

saltatory (iou)



saltatory noun & adjective. E17.
[from Latin saltatorius adjective, from saltator agent-noun of saltare: see SALTANT, -ORY2.]
A. noun. A dancer. rare. Only in E17.
b. adjective.
Of, pertaining to, or characterized by dancing or leaping; adapted for leaping. M17.
Proceeding by abrupt movements or transitions; progressing by saltation. M19.
saltatory replication Biology the rapid duplication of a short section of DNA to give a series of very many identical copies within the genome.