electroantennographyn.
/ᵻˌlɛktrəʊˌantɛˈnɒɡrəfi/, U.S. /əˌlɛktroʊˌæntɛˈnɑɡrəfi/, /iˌlɛktroʊˌæntɛˈnɑɡrəfi/ Biology.
The recording of electrical activity in an insect's antenna; the making of electroantennograms.
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1973 Science 8 June 1073/3 Evidence for the presence of cis–9– and cis–11–TDA in C[lepsis] spectrana females was obtained by a combination of gas chromatography and electroantennography.
1976 Jrnl. Insect Physiol. 22 697/1 Two groups of compounds, quinones and monoterpenes, have been examined by electroantennography.
1995 Farmers Weekly 21 July (Farmlife Suppl.) 3/2 Locals had said that bog myrtle was repellent to midges and the college tested the theory using a long-worded technique called electroantennography.
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