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phosphosensitive

phosphosensitive adjective: sensitive to phosphate concentration.

Adjective

phosphosensitive (comparative more phosphosensitive, superlative most phosphosensitive)

  1. sensitive to phosphate concentration

Forms of phosphosensitive

comparativemore phosphosensitive
superlativemost phosphosensitive

Origin of phosphosensitive

From phospho- + sensitive.

Questions about phosphosensitive

What does phosphosensitive mean?
Phosphosensitive means sensitive to phosphate concentration.
What part of speech is phosphosensitive?
Phosphosensitive is an adjective.

Words near phosphosensitive in the dictionary

  1. phosphosaline
  2. phosphoscreen
  3. phosphoscreens
  4. phosphoselective
  5. phosphoselectivity
  6. phosphosensitive
  7. phosphosensitivity
  8. phosphoserine
  9. phosphoserines
  10. phosphoshift
  11. phosphoshifts

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