survivorship

Noun

Meaning

The right of a joint tenant, or other person who has a joint interest in an estate, to take the whole estate upon the death of other.

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I was brought up in the shadow of the Holocaust. My mother lost most of her family, and I didn't realize how much the guilt of survivorship weighed on her until I was an adult. Naomi Benaron

Lovejoy proposes that male provisioning of food would improve the offspring survivorship and increase the pair's reproductive rate. Source: Internet

Pine trees inoculated with Pisolithus tinctorius planted in several contaminated sites displayed high tolerance to the prevailing contaminant, survivorship and growth. Source: Internet

The advisory council, made up of 21 members appointed by Zucker, provides recommendations and guidance to the health commissioner on cancer-related prevention and detection issues, disease management and treatment, new technologies, and survivorship. Source: Internet

Yet for some people, this fear can do more than motivate, and can actually hinder survivorship, lessening quality of life. Source: Internet

The neotenous individuals have higher survivorship as well as higher fecundity than the salamanders that had gone to the adult form in the higher altitude and cooler environment. Source: Internet

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