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chemoavoidance

chemoavoidance noun: avoidance of a chemical stimulant, typically by means of chemotaxis.

Noun

chemoavoidance (uncountable)

  1. avoidance of a chemical stimulant, typically by means of chemotaxis

Origin of chemoavoidance

From chemo- + avoidance.

Questions about chemoavoidance

What does chemoavoidance mean?
Chemoavoidance means avoidance of a chemical stimulant, typically by means of chemotaxis.
What part of speech is chemoavoidance?
Chemoavoidance is a noun.

Words near chemoavoidance in the dictionary

  1. chemoautotrophically
  2. chemoautotrophs
  3. chemoautotrophy
  4. chemoaversion
  5. chemoaversions
  6. chemoavoidance
  7. chemobiokinetic
  8. chemobiokinetics
  9. chemobiological
  10. chemobiology
  11. chemobiosis

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