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bioreactive

bioreactive adjective: biologically or biochemically reactive.

Adjective

bioreactive (comparative more bioreactive, superlative most bioreactive)

  1. biologically or biochemically reactive
    • During 15-day biodegradation experiments, DOM from the two pasture streams was altered to a greater extent than DOM from the forest streams, with formulas with H/C and O/C ranges similar to protein (H/C = 1.5–2.2, O/C = 0.3–0.67), lipid (H/C = 1.5–2.0, O/C = 0–0.3), and unsaturated hydrocarbon (H/C...2015 December 30, “Use of ESI-FTICR-MS to Characterize Dissolved Organic Matter in Headwater Streams Draining Forest-Dominated and Pasture-Dominated Watersheds”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of bioreactive

comparativemore bioreactive
superlativemost bioreactive

Origin of bioreactive

From bio- + reactive.

Questions about bioreactive

What does bioreactive mean?
Bioreactive means biologically or biochemically reactive.
What part of speech is bioreactive?
Bioreactive is an adjective.

Words near bioreactive in the dictionary

  1. biordinals
  2. bioreabsorbable
  3. bioreactance
  4. bioreaction
  5. bioreactions
  6. bioreactive
  7. bioreactivities
  8. bioreactivity
  9. bioreactor
  10. bioreactors
  11. bioreading

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