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chemoattractant

noun che·mo·at·trac·tant
\ˌkē-mō-ə-ˈtrak-tənt also ˌkem-ō-\

Medical Definition of CHEMOATTRACTANT

:  a chemical agent that induces movement of chemotactic cells in the direction of its highest concentration

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