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histophagous

histophagous is the alternative form of histiophagous.

Meaning of histiophagous

Adjective

histiophagous (not comparable)

  1. Feeding on tissue.
    • The flesh-eating bacterium is histiophagous.

Origin of histophagous

From histo- + -phagous.

Questions about histophagous

What is histophagous the alternative form of?
Histophagous is the alternative form of histiophagous.

Words near histophagous in the dictionary

  1. histopathologist
  2. histopathologists
  3. histopathology
  4. histopathomorphology
  5. histopathophysiological
  6. histophagous
  7. histophatology
  8. histophenotype
  9. histophenotypes
  10. histophyly
  11. histophysiologic

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