Prestarvation
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Prestarvation is an adjective meaning Prior to starvation.
Meaning
Prior to starvation.
Example Sentences
All insects increased their reliance on lipid oxidation, but while some species (grasshoppers, cockroaches, and beetle larvae) were still relying extensively on lipids at the time of death, other species (crickets and moth larvae) allowed rates of lipid oxidation to return to prestarvation levels.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include prestarved, preanorexic, prefeeding, prefasting, prestorage, prefeed.
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