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apneustic

apneustic adjective: of or relating to apneusis.

apneustic: of or relating to apneusis
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Adjective

apneustic (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to apneusis.
  2. in tracheal systems: having no open spiracles, as occurs in larvae of certain aquatic insects.
    • The holopneustic type of [tracheal] system has all ten pairs of spiracles open, ... while the apneustic type has no functional spiracles,
      respiration occurring through the general body surface or gills. The tracheal systems with few or no open spiracles
      are found in aquatic and endoparasitic...Davies, R. G. (1988), Outlines of Entomology, 7th edition, London: Chapman and Hall, page 73

Origin of apneustic

From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) and πνευστικός (pneustikós).

Questions about apneustic

What does apneustic mean?
Apneustic means of or relating to apneusis.
What part of speech is apneustic?
Apneustic is an adjective.

Words near apneustic in the dictionary

  1. apneumatosis
  2. apneumone
  3. apneumones
  4. apneumonous
  5. apneusis
  6. apneustic
  7. APNI
  8. APNIC
  9. apnoea
  10. apnoeae
  11. apnoeal

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