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bioessential

bioessential adjective: essential for life.

Adjective

bioessential (not comparable)

  1. Essential for life
    • Nitrogen is one of around 30 bioessential elements incorporated into biogeochemical cycles.2000, Stuart W. Gibb, “Ammonia”, in Leo M.L. Nollet, editor, Handbook of Water Analysis, →ISBN, page 225

Origin of bioessential

From bio- + essential.

Questions about bioessential

What does bioessential mean?
Bioessential means essential for life.
What part of speech is bioessential?
Bioessential is an adjective.

Words near bioessential in the dictionary

  1. bioeroding
  2. bioerosion
  3. bioerosional
  4. bioerosive
  5. bioerror
  6. bioessential
  7. bioessentialism
  8. bioessentialist
  9. bioessentialists
  10. bioethanol
  11. bioethanols

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