adjective
- located near but not at the end or terminus
Usage: technical; biology
Examples
- The subterminal bud develops just below the tip of the branch.
- Researchers identified subterminal deletions in the chromosome.
- The subterminal position of the centromere affects cell division.
- Subterminal flowers appear near the end of the stem.
- The gene is located in a subterminal region of the chromosome.
- Subterminal leaflets are positioned close to the tip of the compound leaf.