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[ adverb ] used as an abbreviation of `et alii' (masculine plural) or `et aliae' (feminine plural) or `et alia' (neutral plural) when referring to a number of people

Synonyms

and_others et_al

Used in print

(M. Yokoyama et al., "Chemical and serological...)

Several samples of citrated plasma were fractionated in our laboratory by Method 6 of Cohn et_al .

(A. N. Nagaraj and L. M. Black, "Localization of...)

The technique of cutting sections was essentially the same as that described by Coons et_al. ( 1951 ) .

Wound_tumor_virus is a leafhopper transmitted virus not easily transmissible by mechanical inoculation ( Black , 1944 ; Brakke et_al. , 1954 ) .

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[ adverb ] used as an abbreviation of `et alibi' when referring to other occurrences in a text

Synonyms

and_elsewhere et_al

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