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preingestional

preingestional adjective: prior to ingestion.

Adjective

preingestional (not comparable)

  1. Prior to ingestion
    • For example, long penetration time of non-phloem tissues as compared to total penetration time, high number of short vs. long probes before the first phloem phase, relatively long time to 1 st phloem phase within a probe, and a failure in finding sieve elements may be interpreted as preingestional...2016 January 8, “Chemo-Enzymatic Synthesis of Optically Active γ- and δ-Decalactones and Their Effect on Aphid Probing, Feeding and Settling Behavior”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of preingestional

From pre- + ingestional.

Questions about preingestional

What does preingestional mean?
Preingestional means prior to ingestion.
What part of speech is preingestional?
Preingestional is an adjective.

Words near preingestional in the dictionary

  1. preinfundibular
  2. preinfusion
  3. preinfusions
  4. preing
  5. preingestion
  6. preingestional
  7. preingestive
  8. preinhabitant
  9. preinhabitants
  10. preinitial
  11. preinitialization

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