n, pl  -eties  :  one of the portions into which something is divided <the psychopathic of the personality -Brit. Jour. of Delinquency>  <the hemoglobin molecule contains four heme moieties -Lionel Whitby>  .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  HMD  mad  mae·di   mat 
 
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