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phagostimulant en · NOUN

Etymology

From phago- + stimulant.

Meanings

  1. Any substance that stimulates feeding in insects and other arthropods.
  2. Any material that stimulates the production of phagocytes.
    • The infectious meal was prepared with fresh washed bovine red cells, viral supernatant (1:2) and adenosine triphosphate at 5 mM as phagostimulant. 2015 September 16, “Use of Centrifugal Filter Devices to Concentrate Dengue Virus in Mosquito per os Infection Experiments”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

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