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chemoautotrophic

chemoautotrophic adjective: obtaining its nutrition through the oxidation of non-organic compounds (or other chemical processes); as opposed to the process of photosynthesis.

Adjective

chemoautotrophic (comparative more chemoautotrophic, superlative most chemoautotrophic)

  1. obtaining its nutrition through the oxidation of non-organic compounds (or other chemical processes); as opposed to the process of photosynthesis.

Synonyms of chemoautotrophic

Forms of chemoautotrophic

comparativemore chemoautotrophic
superlativemost chemoautotrophic
alternative formchemautotrophic
alternative formchemo-autotrophic

Origin of chemoautotrophic

From chemo- + autotrophic.

Words formed from chemoautotrophic

Questions about chemoautotrophic

What does chemoautotrophic mean?
Chemoautotrophic means obtaining its nutrition through the oxidation of non-organic compounds (or other chemical processes); as opposed to the process of photosynthesis.
What part of speech is chemoautotrophic?
Chemoautotrophic is an adjective.

Words near chemoautotrophic in the dictionary

  1. chemoattractors
  2. chemoattracts
  3. chemoautolithotroph
  4. chemoautolithotrophs
  5. chemoautotroph
  6. chemoautotrophic
  7. chemoautotrophically
  8. chemoautotrophs
  9. chemoautotrophy
  10. chemoaversion
  11. chemoaversions

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