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chemogenetics

chemogenetics noun: a variant of optogenetics that uses chemically-engineered molecules instead of light.

Noun

chemogenetics (uncountable)

  1. A variant of optogenetics that uses chemically-engineered molecules instead of light

Origin of chemogenetics

From chemo- + genetics.

Questions about chemogenetics

What does chemogenetics mean?
Chemogenetics means a variant of optogenetics that uses chemically-engineered molecules instead of light.
What part of speech is chemogenetics?
Chemogenetics is a noun.

Words near chemogenetics in the dictionary

  1. chemofog
  2. chemofossil
  3. chemofossils
  4. chemogenetic
  5. chemogenetically
  6. chemogenetics
  7. chemogenomic
  8. chemogenomics
  9. chemogradient
  10. chemogradients
  11. chemogram

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