diff --git a/source/classes.tex b/source/classes.tex
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@@ -1152,7 +1152,8 @@
 \pnum
 For a class, its direct non-static data members, its non-virtual direct base classes,
 and, if the class is not abstract\iref{class.abstract}, its virtual base
-classes are called its \term{potentially constructed subobjects}.
+classes are called its \defnadj{potentially constructed}{subobjects}{subobject}.
+\indextext{potentially constructed subobject|see{subobject, potentially constructed}}
 
 \rSec2[class.ctor]{Constructors}%