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chemonasty

chemonasty noun: a nastic response to a change in chemicals or nutrients.

Noun

chemonasty (uncountable)

  1. A nastic response to a change in chemicals or nutrients.

Origin of chemonasty

From chemo- + -nasty.

Questions about chemonasty

What does chemonasty mean?
Chemonasty means a nastic response to a change in chemicals or nutrients.
What part of speech is chemonasty?
Chemonasty is a noun.

Words near chemonasty in the dictionary

  1. chemomigration
  2. chemomigrations
  3. chemomodulation
  4. chemonaive
  5. chemonastic
  6. chemonasty
  7. chemonaïve
  8. chemonociception
  9. chemonociceptive
  10. chemonociceptor
  11. chemonociceptors

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