单词 | chemosterilant |
释义 | chemosterilant in American English (ˌkimoʊˈstɛrələnt; ˌ kɛmoʊˈstɛrələnt) noun any process or chemical compound that can produce sterility, used esp. in insect control chemosterilant in American English (ˌkimouˈsterələnt, ˌkemou-) noun a chemical that causes an animal to become irreversibly sterile without changing its mating behavior or longevity Word origin [1960–65; chemo- + sterilant]This word is first recorded in the period 1960–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: deinstitutionalize, disco, go-go, parvovirus, power playchemo- is a combining form with the meanings “chemical,” “chemically induced,” “chemistry,”used in the formation of compound words. Other words that use the affix chemo- include: chemosensory, chemosphere, chemotaxonomy, chemotherapy, chemotroph |
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