/klath"rayt/ , adj.
1. Biol. resembling a lattice; divided or marked like latticework.
n.
2. Chem. a substance in which a molecule of one compound fills a cavity within the crystal lattice of another compound. Cf. adduct .
[ 1615-25; clat ( h ) ratus, ptp. of clat ( h ) rare to fit with bars, v. deriv. of clat ( h ) ra bars, lattice klâithra, pl. of KLÊITHRON bar; see CLITHRAL ]