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ectoperitrophic

ectoperitrophic adjective: outside the peritrophic membrane.

Adjective

ectoperitrophic (not comparable)

  1. Outside the peritrophic membrane
    • No bacteria were observed to attach to the brush border of the midgut lumen or were seen in the ectoperitrophic space (between the PM and the midgut epithelium).2015 August 19, “Interaction of Vibrio spp. with the Inner Surface of the Digestive Tract of Penaeus monodon”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of ectoperitrophic

From ecto- + peritrophic.

Questions about ectoperitrophic

What does ectoperitrophic mean?
Ectoperitrophic means outside the peritrophic membrane.
What part of speech is ectoperitrophic?
Ectoperitrophic is an adjective.

Words near ectoperitrophic in the dictionary

  1. ectoparasitoids
  2. ectoparasitoses
  3. ectoparasitosis
  4. ectopeptidase
  5. ectopeptidases
  6. ectoperitrophic
  7. ectophagous
  8. ectophallic
  9. ectophallus
  10. ectophloic
  11. ectophosphatase

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