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antijuvenile

antijuvenile adjective: that counters the effect of juvenile hormones.

Adjective

antijuvenile (not comparable)

  1. That counters the effect of juvenile hormones
    • Later, the compound became known as precocene II after its specific antijuvenile hormone activity in insects was discovered [2 ].2015 August 7, “Precocene II, a Trichothecene Production Inhibitor, Binds to Voltage-Dependent Anion Channel and Increases the Superoxide Level in Mitochondria of Fusarium graminearum”, in PLOS ONE...

Origin of antijuvenile

From anti- + juvenile.

Questions about antijuvenile

What does antijuvenile mean?
Antijuvenile means that counters the effect of juvenile hormones.
What part of speech is antijuvenile?
Antijuvenile is an adjective.

Words near antijuvenile in the dictionary

  1. antijunction
  2. antijunctions
  3. antijunk
  4. antijunta
  5. antijury
  6. antijuvenile
  7. antika
  8. Antikamnia
  9. antikaon
  10. antikaons
  11. antikas

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