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histotropism

histotropism noun: the attraction of a parasite to a particular tissue.

Noun

histotropism (uncountable)

  1. The attraction of a parasite to a particular tissue

Origin of histotropism

From histo- + -tropism.

Questions about histotropism

What does histotropism mean?
Histotropism means the attraction of a parasite to a particular tissue.
What part of speech is histotropism?
Histotropism is a noun.

Words near histotropism in the dictionary

  1. histotrophic
  2. histotrophism
  3. histotrophs
  4. histotrophy
  5. histotropic
  6. histotropism
  7. histotropy
  8. histotype
  9. histotypes
  10. histotypic
  11. histotyping

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