ectoperitrophic

English

Etymology

From ecto- +‎ peritrophic.

Adjective

ectoperitrophic (not comparable)

1. Outside the peritrophic membrane
   • 2015 August 19, “Interaction of Vibrio spp. with the Inner Surface of the Digestive Tract of Penaeus monodon”, in PLOS ONE‎, →DOI:

     No bacteria were observed to attach to the brush border of the midgut lumen or were seen in the ectoperitrophic space (between the PM and the midgut epithelium).