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• Viable — Capable of life. For example, a viable premature baby is one who is able to survive outside the womb. * * * Capable of living; denoting a fetus sufficiently developed to live outside of the uterus. [Fr. fr. vie, life, fr. L. vita] * * * vi·a·ble… …   Medical dictionary

• viable — (adj.) 1828, from Fr. viable capable of life (1530s), from vie life (from L. vita life; see VITAL (Cf. vital)) + ABLE (Cf. able). Originally of newborn infants; generalized sense is first recorded 1848 …   Etymology dictionary

• viable — Livable; having the appearance of being able to live; capable of life. This term is applied to a newlyborn infant, and especially to one prematurely born, which is not only born alive, but in such a state of organic development as to make… …   Black's law dictionary

• viable — Synonyms and related words: OK, aboveground, acceptable, achievable, actable, activating, admissible, agreeable, alive, alive and kicking, all right, alright, among the living, animate, animated, animating, animative, applicable, attainable,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• viable — I adjective acceptable, actable, alive, appropriate, apt, capable of development, capable of growth, conceivable, doable, effective, effectual, efficacious, encouraging, expedient, favorable, feasible, functional, imaginable, legitimate, likely,… …   Law dictionary

• Viable — Vi a*ble, a. [F., from vie life, L. vita. See {Vital}.] (Law) Capable of living; born alive and with such form and development of organs as to be capable of living; said of a newborn, or a prematurely born, infant. [1913 Webster] Note: Unless he… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• viable — ► ADJECTIVE 1) capable of working successfully; feasible. 2) Biology (of a plant, animal, or cell) capable of surviving or living successfully. DERIVATIVES viability noun viably adverb. ORIGIN French, from vie life …   English terms dictionary

• viable — is a 19c loanword from French, and was first used to describe a fetus or newborn child that was capable of maintaining life. Metaphorical uses developed in the 19c, but it was not until the 1940s that it became a vogue word applied to a whole… …   Modern English usage

• viable — Capable of normal completion of life cycle …   Glossary of Biotechnology

• Life Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Zoology       In 2008 several zoological studies provided new insights into how species life history traits (such as the timing of reproduction or the length of life of adult individuals) are derived in part as responses to… …   Universalium

• viable — adjective Etymology: French, from Middle French, from vie life, from Latin vita more at vital Date: circa 1832 1. capable of living; especially having attained such form and development as to be normally capable of surviving outside the mother s… …   New Collegiate Dictionary