adj, fre*er  fre*est  1  :  not bound or confined by force <upon opening the skull a considerable amount of blood is noted -H. G. Armstrong>   2 a (1) :  not united with, attached to, combined with, or mixed with something else <a surface of a bodily part>  (2) :  having the bare axon exposed in tissue <a nerve ending>   b  :  not chemically combined < oxygen>  < acids>   c  :  not permanently attached but able to move about <a electron in a metal>   3  :  having all living connections severed before removal to another site <a graft>  <research … in flap transfers -B. R. Alford>  .
 
 
 
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