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chemoafferent

chemoafferent adjective: carried by means of a chemical concentration gradient.

Adjective

chemoafferent (not comparable)

  1. Carried by means of a chemical concentration gradient

Origin of chemoafferent

From chemo- + afferent.

Questions about chemoafferent

What does chemoafferent mean?
Chemoafferent means carried by means of a chemical concentration gradient.
What part of speech is chemoafferent?
Chemoafferent is an adjective.

Words near chemoafferent in the dictionary

  1. chemoablation
  2. chemoactivation
  3. chemoactivations
  4. chemoadjuvant
  5. chemoadjuvants
  6. chemoafferent
  7. chemoaffinity
  8. chemoagent
  9. chemoagents
  10. chemoantiviral
  11. chemoarchitectonic

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