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metaphylaxis

metaphylaxis noun: mass medication of a group of animals, in advance of an expected outbreak of disease.

Noun

metaphylaxis (uncountable)

  1. Mass medication of a group of animals, in advance of an expected outbreak of disease.

Origin of metaphylaxis

From meta- + phylaxis.

Questions about metaphylaxis

What does metaphylaxis mean?
Metaphylaxis means mass medication of a group of animals, in advance of an expected outbreak of disease.
What part of speech is metaphylaxis?
Metaphylaxis is a noun.

Words near metaphylaxis in the dictionary

  1. metaphrastically
  2. metaphrasts
  3. metaphylactic
  4. metaphylactically
  5. metaphylatic
  6. metaphylaxis
  7. metaphyseal
  8. metaphyses
  9. metaphysial
  10. metaphysic
  11. metaphysical

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