After World War I, though, the basic territorial pattern of the Balkans was set. Romania, Greece, Bulgaria, and Albania were independent countries and, with some exceptions, occupied their current borders. Today's countries of Serbia, Montenegro, and Macedonia were then part of Yugoslavia--a new country formed in 1918.
verb (used with object), undermined, undermining. 1. to injure or destroy by insidious activity or imperceptible stages, sometimes tending toward a sudden dramatic effect. 2. to attack by indirect, secret, or underhand means; attempt to subvert by stealth. 3. to make an excavation under; dig or tunnel beneath, as a military stronghold.
Medical Definition of STRUCTURE. 1. : something (as an anatomical part) arranged in a definite pattern of organization. 2. 3. : the aggregate of elements of an entity in their relationships to each other.ord Root of STRUCTURE. The Latin word struere, meaning â to build, â and its form structus give us the root struct. Words from the Latin struere have something to do with building. A struct ure is something that was built, such as a house.