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autotrophism

autotrophism noun: synonym of autotrophy.

Noun

autotrophism (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of autotrophy.
    • Autotrophism provided a new mechanism for understanding how matter migrated between nature's inorganic and organic realms in terms of the activity of living beings.2012, Lloyd Ackert, Sergei Vinogradskii and the Cycle of Life, page 74
    • These definitions delineate the main features of autotrophism versus heterotrophism but some supplementary points are instructive.2013, C. H. Werkman, P. W. Wilson, Bacterial Physiology, page 362
    Synonyms:
    autotrophy

Synonyms of autotrophism

Origin of autotrophism

From auto- + -trophism.

Words formed from autotrophism

Questions about autotrophism

What does autotrophism mean?
Autotrophism means synonym of autotrophy.
What part of speech is autotrophism?
Autotrophism is a noun.

Words near autotrophism in the dictionary

  1. autotroph
  2. autotrophic
  3. autotrophical
  4. autotrophically
  5. autotrophies
  6. autotrophism
  7. autotrophs
  8. autotrophy
  9. autotropic
  10. autotropically
  11. autotropism

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