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chemoautotrophy

chemoautotrophy noun: a mode of growth in which CO₂ is the exclusive source of assimilated carbon, and energy is derived from chemical processes rather than light.

Noun

chemoautotrophy (uncountable)

  1. A mode of growth in which CO₂ is the exclusive source of assimilated carbon, and energy is derived from chemical processes rather than light.

Origin of chemoautotrophy

From chemo- + autotrophy.

Questions about chemoautotrophy

What does chemoautotrophy mean?
Chemoautotrophy means a mode of growth in which CO₂ is the exclusive source of assimilated carbon, and energy is derived from chemical processes rather than light.
What part of speech is chemoautotrophy?
Chemoautotrophy is a noun.

Words near chemoautotrophy in the dictionary

  1. chemoautolithotrophs
  2. chemoautotroph
  3. chemoautotrophic
  4. chemoautotrophically
  5. chemoautotrophs
  6. chemoautotrophy
  7. chemoaversion
  8. chemoaversions
  9. chemoavoidance
  10. chemobiokinetic
  11. chemobiokinetics

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