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oculotropic

oculotropic adjective: having an affinity for, or moving towards the eye.

Adjective

oculotropic (not comparable)

  1. Having an affinity for, or moving towards the eye
    • Contrarily to epithelial-genital strains, LGV and oculotropic strains do not encode a functional cytotoxin [81, 85 ].2015 July 25, “Chlamydia trachomatis In Vivo to In Vitro Transition Reveals Mechanisms of Phase Variation and Down-Regulation of Virulence Factors”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of oculotropic

From oculo- + -tropic.

Questions about oculotropic

What does oculotropic mean?
Oculotropic means having an affinity for, or moving towards the eye.
What part of speech is oculotropic?
Oculotropic is an adjective.

Words near oculotropic in the dictionary

  1. oculoskeletal
  2. oculospinal
  3. oculosympathetic
  4. oculosyphilis
  5. oculotoxic
  6. oculotropic
  7. oculovestibular
  8. oculozygomatic
  9. oculus
  10. ocum
  11. ocupado

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