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larvistatic

larvistatic adjective: that inhibits the growth of larvae.

Adjective

larvistatic (not comparable)

  1. That inhibits the growth of larvae
    • However, during one week cultivation only the larvae exposed to MOA lectin died as a result of the treatment, while the other three lectins AAL, CCL2 and CGL2 had a larvistatic effect that manifested as L1 stage arrest (Additional file 2 : Figure S2).2015 August 19, Christian Heim et al., “Inhibition of Haemonchus contortus larval development by fungal lectins”, in Parasites & Vectors, volume 8, →DOI

Questions about larvistatic

What does larvistatic mean?
Larvistatic means that inhibits the growth of larvae.
What part of speech is larvistatic?
Larvistatic is an adjective.

Words near larvistatic in the dictionary

  1. larviposit
  2. larviposited
  3. larvipositing
  4. larviposition
  5. larvipositions
  6. larvistatic
  7. larvivore
  8. larvivores
  9. larvivorous
  10. larvogenesis
  11. larvule

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