English Explanatory Dictionary

xenohormesis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A hypothetical process by which an animal consuming a plant may respond to signalling molecules in the plant and exhibit a corresponding protective response, as in times of famine.

Word forms

xenohormesis

Etymology

From xeno- + hormesis.

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