free

free
free 'frē adj, fre·er; fre·est
1 a) relieved from or lacking something and esp. something unpleasant or burdensome <\free from pain>
b) not bound or confined by force <upon opening the skull a considerable amount of \free blood is noted (H. G. Armstrong)>
2 a ) (1) not united with, attached to, combined with, or mixed with something else <a \free surface of a bodily part> (2) having the bare axon exposed in tissue <a \free nerve ending>
b) not chemically combined <\free calcium>
c) not permanently attached but able to move about <a \free electron in a metal>
3) having all living connections severed before removal to another site <a \free graft> <research...in \free flap transfers (B. R. Alford)>

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