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preimaginal

preimaginal adjective: prior to the insect imago stage.

Adjective

preimaginal (not comparable)

  1. Prior to the insect imago stage.
    • Indeed, in our previous work, and in the work of other authors it has been revealed, that relatively low dose exposure (20–75 cGy) of fruit flies on immature preimaginal stages in some cases has long-term effects that lead to an increased life span and resistance to other stresses, such as...2015 August 7, “Effect of Low Doses (5-40 cGy) of Gamma-irradiation on Lifespan and Stress-related Genes Expression Profile in Drosophila melanogaster”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of preimaginal

pre- + imaginal

Questions about preimaginal

What does preimaginal mean?
Preimaginal means prior to the insect imago stage.
What part of speech is preimaginal?
Preimaginal is an adjective.

Words near preimaginal in the dictionary

  1. preillumination
  2. preimage
  3. preimage attack
  4. preimage attacks
  5. preimages
  6. preimaginal
  7. preimagine
  8. preimagined
  9. preimagines
  10. preimagining
  11. preimago

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