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haptokinesis

haptokinesis noun: movement by adhesion.

Noun

haptokinesis (uncountable)

  1. movement by adhesion

Origin of haptokinesis

From hapto- + -kinesis.

Questions about haptokinesis

What does haptokinesis mean?
Haptokinesis means movement by adhesion.
What part of speech is haptokinesis?
Haptokinesis is a noun.

Words near haptokinesis in the dictionary

  1. haptoglobinaemia
  2. haptoglobinemia
  3. haptoglobins
  4. haptoglobulin
  5. haptoglobulins
  6. haptokinesis
  7. haptokinetic
  8. haptometer
  9. haptometers
  10. haptomonad
  11. haptomonads

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