phagostimulant

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noun

Any substance that stimulates feeding in insects and other arthropods.

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Meanings

nounphagostimulant (plural phagostimulants)

plural phagostimulants

  1. biologyAny substance that stimulates feeding in insects and other arthropods.
  2. medicineAny 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

Origin

From phago- + stimulant.

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phagostimulant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phagostimulant

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“phagostimulant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phagostimulant. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “phagostimulant,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phagostimulant.

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