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aerogenesis

aerogenesis noun: the production of gas or air.

Noun

aerogenesis (uncountable)

  1. The production of gas or air.
    • Differential biochemical or physiological characteristics which correlate with aerogenesis at elevated incubation temperatures will be adapted towards a fecal coliform procedure and towards converting a total coliform procedure under development to give a fecal coliform count as well.1973, Water Resources Research Catalog - Volume 8, Issue 1, page 732
    • lt is, in fact, well known that aerogenesis at an elevated temperature is not an absolute characteristic of E. coli.1977, Alfred Warner Hoadley, Bernard J. Dutka, Bacterial Indicators/health Hazards Associated with Water, →ISBN, page 54

Origin of aerogenesis

From aero- + -genesis.

Questions about aerogenesis

What does aerogenesis mean?
Aerogenesis means the production of gas or air.
What part of speech is aerogenesis?
Aerogenesis is a noun.

Words near aerogenesis in the dictionary

  1. aerogen
  2. aerogeneous
  3. aerogeneration
  4. aerogenerator
  5. aerogenerators
  6. aerogenesis
  7. aerogenic
  8. aerogenically
  9. aerogenous
  10. aerogenously
  11. aerogens

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