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postingestive

postingestive adjective: following ingestion.

Adjective

postingestive (not comparable)

  1. Following ingestion
    • Proximate mechanisms for learning include postingestive feedback [20 ,21 ].2016 January 6, “The Role of Individual Traits and Environmental Factors for Diet Composition of Sheep”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of postingestive

From post- + ingestive.

Questions about postingestive

What does postingestive mean?
Postingestive means following ingestion.
What part of speech is postingestive?
Postingestive is an adjective.

Words near postingestive in the dictionary

  1. posting inn
  2. posting off
  3. posting the coal
  4. posting up
  5. postingestion
  6. postingestive
  7. postings
  8. postinhibitory
  9. postinitiation
  10. postinjection
  11. postinjections

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