Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phagostimulant

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: phagos-tim-u-lant
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any substance that stimulates feeding in insects and other arthropods.

noun

Any material that stimulates the production of phagocytes.

Example Sentences

"The infectious meal was prepared with fresh washed bovine red cells, viral supernatant (1:2) and adenosine triphosphate at 5 mM as phagostimulant."

Etymology

From phago- + stimulant.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: phago

Inflected Forms

phagostimulants (plural)

Questions

What does phagostimulant mean?: Any substance that stimulates feeding in insects and other arthropods.
Where does phagostimulant come from?: From phago- + stimulant.

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