COTERMINOUS

PRONUNCIATION: (koh-TUHR-muh-nuhs)

MEANING: adjective:
1. Having the same or coincident boundaries.
2. Meeting at the ends.
3. Contained within the same boundaries.
4. Having the same scope, meaning, extent, etc.: synonymous.

ETYMOLOGY: Alteration of conterminous, from Latin con- (with) + terminus (boundary). Earliest documented use: 1799.
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CO-VERMINOUS - simultaneous infestation of rate and mice

CO-GERMINOUS - having chicken pox and a strep throat at the same time

COPTER-MINUS - we need one more MedEvac aircraft