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auxotrophisms

auxotrophisms is the plural of auxotrophism.

Meaning of auxotrophism

Noun

auxotrophism (plural auxotrophisms)

  1. Synonym of auxotrophy.
    • The ability of most antitumor agents to act on the synthesis of proteins and nucleic acids extends to microbe cells, but sometimes it is manifested only under conditions of auxotrophism of microbes for the same metabolites that the preparations antagonize and of restriction on the number of these...1977, Joseph F. Saunders, Stephen K. Carter, Florence I. Gregoric, Methods of Development of New Anticancer Drugs, page 214
    Synonyms:
    auxotrophy

Questions about auxotrophisms

What is auxotrophisms the plural of?
Auxotrophisms is the plural of auxotrophism.

Words near auxotrophisms in the dictionary

  1. auxotrophic
  2. auxotrophical
  3. auxotrophically
  4. auxotrophies
  5. auxotrophism
  6. auxotrophisms
  7. auxotrophs
  8. auxotrophy
  9. auxotropic
  10. auxotropy
  11. auxotype

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