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chemoattractant
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chemoattractant /che·mo·at·trac·tant/ (ke″mo-ah-trak´tant) a chemotactic agent that induces an organism or a cell (e.g., a leukocyte) to migrate toward it.
chemoattractant
[kē′mō·ətrak′tənt]
Etymology: Gk, chemeia, alchemy + L, attrahere, to draw to
a chemotactic factor that induces positive chemotaxis.
chemoattractant [ke″mo-ah-trak´tant]
a chemical (chemotactic) agent that induces an organism or a cell (e.g., a leukocyte) to migrate toward it.
chemoattractant
a chemical (chemotactic) agent that induces an organism or a cell, a leukocyte, to migrate toward it.
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