Etymology

chemoattractant

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Today it means: A substance inducing positive chemotaxis in motile cells. Full definition →

English attractant ← New Latin chēmīa
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  1. New Latinchēmīa
  2. Englishchemo-
  3. Englishattractant
  4. English todaychemoattractant

From chemo- + attractant.

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