viability

vi·a·ble

V0082100 (vī′ə-bəl)adj.1. Capable of success or continuing effectiveness; practicable: a viable plan; a viable national economy. See Synonyms at possible.2. a. Capable of living, developing, or germinating under favorable conditions: viable spores.b. Capable of living outside the uterus. Used of a fetus or newborn.

[French, from vie, life, from Old French, from Latin vīta; see g^wei- in Indo-European roots.]

vi′a·bil′i·ty n.vi′a·bly adv.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	viability - (of living things) capable of normal growth and developmentanimate thing, living thing - a living (or once living) entityproperty - a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class; "a study of the physical properties of atomic particles"
	2.	viability - capable of being done in a practical and useful waypracticality - concerned with actual use rather than theoretical possibilities

Translations

Viability

(1) The ability of an individual (or a population) to live and produce offspring. The viability of a population is determined by fertility, duration of the reproductive period, and the number of individuals that attain sexual maturity.

(2) The ability of an individual to survive until a specific moment of his life cycle—that is, until the beginning of the reproductive period. A measure of the viability of a mutant is the relative frequency of survival to that period in mutants as compared with nonmutated individuals.

viability

[vi″ah-bil´ĭ-te] the state or quality of being viable.

vi·a·bil·i·ty

(vī'ă-bil'i-tē), Capability of living; the state of being viable; usually connotes a fetus that has reached 500 g in weight and 20 gestational weeks' development (18 weeks after fertilization). [Fr. viabilité fr. L. vita, life]

viability

Survival capability; capable of extrauterine survival–eg, a fetus. See Limit of viability.

vi·a·bil·i·ty

(vī'ă-bil'i-tē) Capability of living; the state of being viable; usually connotes a fetus that has reached 500 g in weight and 20 gestational weeks (i.e., 18 weeks after fertilization). [Fr. viabilité fr. L. vita, life]

viability

a measure of the likelihood that a ZYGOTE will survive and develop into a adult organism. For example, seeds become less viable as they get older, and a diminishing percentage actually germinates.

Viability

VIABILITY, med. jur. An aptitude to live after birth; extra uterine life. 1 Briand. Med. Leg. 1ere partie, c. 6, art. 2. See 2 Sav. Dr. Rom. Append. III. for a learned discussion of this subject.

viability

noun

Words related to viability

noun (of living things) capable of normal growth and development

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animate thing
living thing
property

noun capable of being done in a practical and useful way

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practicality

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