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phagostimulant

phagostimulant noun: any substance that stimulates feeding in insects and other arthropods.

Noun

phagostimulant (plural phagostimulants)

  1. Any substance that stimulates feeding in insects and other arthropods.
  2. Any material that stimulates the production of phagocytes.
    • The infectious meal was prepared with fresh washed bovine red cells, viral supernatant (1:2) and adenosine triphosphate at 5 mM as phagostimulant.2015 September 16, “Use of Centrifugal Filter Devices to Concentrate Dengue Virus in Mosquito per os Infection Experiments”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of phagostimulant

pluralphagostimulants

Origin of phagostimulant

From phago- + stimulant.

Questions about phagostimulant

What does phagostimulant mean?
Phagostimulant means any substance that stimulates feeding in insects and other arthropods.
What part of speech is phagostimulant?
Phagostimulant is a noun.
What is the plural of phagostimulant?
The plural of phagostimulant is phagostimulants.

Words near phagostimulant in the dictionary

  1. phagosensor
  2. phagosensors
  3. phagosomal
  4. phagosome
  5. phagosomes
  6. phagostimulant
  7. phagostimulants
  8. phagostimulating
  9. phagostimulation
  10. phagostimulatory
  11. phagotope

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