semiprotection

English

Etymology

semi- +‎ protection

Noun

semiprotection (uncountable)

  1. partial protection
    • 2003, Shelley McKellar, Surgical limits: the life of Gordon Murray, page 17:
      Behind the lines, the gunners had the semiprotection of makeshift shelters - sheets of corrugated galvanized iron, bolted together and covered with layers of sandbags, sod, and netting.
    • 2003, Sharon Dunn, Romance Rustlers and Thunderbird Thieves, page 173:
      Rain drizzled steadily as we entered the semiprotection of a grove of trees. At least the wind wasn't hitting us so hard. Mom's umbrella proved to be close to useless, because it kept collapsing.
    • 2009, Pina M. Fratamico, James L. Smith, Kim A. Brogden, Sequelae and long-term consequences of infectious diseases, page 264:
      A primigravida pregnant women who has semi-immunity to parasites adherent to endothelium in other organs lacks this semiprotection to the parasites capable of binding to the placenta […]
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