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autoprotective

autoprotective adjective: protecting itself.

Adjective

autoprotective (not comparable)

  1. Protecting itself.
    • an autoprotective system

Origin of autoprotective

From auto- + protective.

Questions about autoprotective

What does autoprotective mean?
Autoprotective means protecting itself.
What part of speech is autoprotective?
Autoprotective is an adjective.

Words near autoprotective in the dictionary

  1. autoproliferative
  2. autoprompt
  3. autoprompts
  4. autoprotease
  5. autoproteases
  6. autoprotective
  7. autoproteinase
  8. autoproteinases
  9. autoproteolysis
  10. autoproteolytic
  11. autoproteolytical

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