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photoavoidance

photoavoidance noun: avoidance of exposure to light.

Noun

photoavoidance (uncountable)

  1. avoidance of exposure to light

Origin of photoavoidance

From photo- + avoidance.

Questions about photoavoidance

What does photoavoidance mean?
Photoavoidance means avoidance of exposure to light.
What part of speech is photoavoidance?
Photoavoidance is a noun.

Words near photoavoidance in the dictionary

  1. photoautotrophism
  2. photoautotrophs
  3. photoautotrophy
  4. photoaversion
  5. photoaversive
  6. photoavoidance
  7. photobacteria
  8. photobacterial
  9. photobactericidal
  10. photobacteriosis
  11. photobacterium

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