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chemorepulsant

chemorepulsant noun: a substance inducing negative chemotaxis in motile cells.

Noun

chemorepulsant (plural chemorepulsants)

  1. A substance inducing negative chemotaxis in motile cells.

Forms of chemorepulsant

pluralchemorepulsants

Origin of chemorepulsant

From chemo- + repulse + -ant.

Questions about chemorepulsant

What does chemorepulsant mean?
Chemorepulsant means a substance inducing negative chemotaxis in motile cells.
What part of speech is chemorepulsant?
Chemorepulsant is a noun.
What is the plural of chemorepulsant?
The plural of chemorepulsant is chemorepulsants.

Words near chemorepulsant in the dictionary

  1. chemoregulation
  2. chemorepellant
  3. chemorepellants
  4. chemorepellent
  5. chemorepellents
  6. chemorepulsant
  7. chemorepulsants
  8. chemorepulse
  9. chemorepulsed
  10. chemorepulsion
  11. chemorepulsive

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