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premetacyclic

premetacyclic adjective: prior to a metacyclic phase.

Adjective

premetacyclic (not comparable)

  1. Prior to a metacyclic phase

Noun

premetacyclic (plural premetacyclics)

  1. A trypanosome in this phase

Forms of premetacyclic

pluralpremetacyclics

Origin of premetacyclic

From pre- + metacyclic.

Questions about premetacyclic

What does premetacyclic mean?
Premetacyclic means prior to a metacyclic phase.
What part of speech is premetacyclic?
Premetacyclic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near premetacyclic in the dictionary

  1. premerits
  2. premessianic
  3. premetaconule
  4. premetacristid
  5. premetacristids
  6. premetacyclic
  7. premetacyclics
  8. premetallic
  9. premetallized
  10. premetamorphic
  11. premetaphase

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