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photophobicity

photophobicity noun: quality or degree of being photophobic.

Noun

photophobicity (uncountable)

  1. Quality or degree of being photophobic.
    • Throughout the first, second and early third instars, Drosophila larvae exhibit photophobicity and remain buried in their food source throughout the critical feeding period.2015 August 8, “Rhomboid Enhancer Activity Defines a Subset of Drosophila Neural Precursors Required for Proper Feeding, Growth and Viability”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of photophobicity

From photophobic + -ity.

Questions about photophobicity

What does photophobicity mean?
Photophobicity means quality or degree of being photophobic.
What part of speech is photophobicity?
Photophobicity is a noun.

Words near photophobicity in the dictionary

  1. photophobes
  2. photophobia
  3. photophobias
  4. photophobic
  5. photophobically
  6. photophobicity
  7. photophobism
  8. photophobotactic
  9. photophobotaxis
  10. photophobous
  11. photophone

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