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ingestional

ingestional adjective: relating to, or involving ingestion.

Adjective

ingestional (not comparable)

  1. Relating to, or involving ingestion
    • Similarly, the short total and mean durations of phloem sap ingestion and high proportion of salivation during penetration of phloem vessels may point to the ingestional level of feeding deterrence [32, 33 ].2016 January 8, “Chemo-Enzymatic Synthesis of Optically Active γ- and δ-Decalactones and Their Effect on Aphid Probing, Feeding and Settling Behavior”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of ingestional

From ingestion + -al.

Words formed from ingestional

Questions about ingestional

What does ingestional mean?
Ingestional means relating to, or involving ingestion.
What part of speech is ingestional?
Ingestional is an adjective.

Words near ingestional in the dictionary

  1. ingestibility
  2. ingestible
  3. ingestibles
  4. ingesting
  5. ingestion
  6. ingestional
  7. ingestions
  8. ingestive
  9. ingestor
  10. ingestors
  11. Ingestre

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