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prestarvation

prestarvation adjective: prior to starvation.

Adjective

prestarvation (not comparable)

  1. Prior to starvation.
    • All insects increased their reliance on lipid oxidation, but while some species (grasshoppers, cockroaches, and beetle larvae) were still relying extensively on lipids at the time of death, other species (crickets and moth larvae) allowed rates of lipid oxidation to return to prestarvation levels.2015 October 15, “How and When Do Insects Rely on Endogenous Protein and Lipid Resources during Lethal Bouts of Starvation? A New Application for 13 C-Breath testing”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of prestarvation

From pre- + starvation.

Questions about prestarvation

What does prestarvation mean?
Prestarvation means prior to starvation.
What part of speech is prestarvation?
Prestarvation is an adjective.

Words near prestarvation in the dictionary

  1. prestandardizing
  2. prestandards
  3. prestant
  4. prestart
  5. prestarts
  6. prestarvation
  7. prestarved
  8. Prestas
  9. prestate
  10. prestates
  11. prestation

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