Ingestional

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Relating to, or involving ingestion not-comparable

    "Similarly, the short total and mean durations of phloem sap ingestion and high proportion of salivation during penetration of phloem vessels may point to the ingestional level of feeding deterrence [32, 33 ]."

Example

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"Similarly, the short total and mean durations of phloem sap ingestion and high proportion of salivation during penetration of phloem vessels may point to the ingestional level of feeding deterrence [32, 33 ]."

Etymology

From ingestion + -al.

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