apneustic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or relating to apneusis.
  2. in tracheal systems: having no open spiracles, as occurs in larvae of certain aquatic insects.

Word forms

apneustic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) and πνευστικός (pneustikós).

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