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chemobiosis

chemobiosis noun: a cryptobiotic response to high levels of environmental toxins.

Noun

chemobiosis (uncountable)

  1. A cryptobiotic response to high levels of environmental toxins.

Origin of chemobiosis

From chemo- + -biosis.

Words formed from chemobiosis

Questions about chemobiosis

What does chemobiosis mean?
Chemobiosis means a cryptobiotic response to high levels of environmental toxins.
What part of speech is chemobiosis?
Chemobiosis is a noun.

Words near chemobiosis in the dictionary

  1. chemoavoidance
  2. chemobiokinetic
  3. chemobiokinetics
  4. chemobiological
  5. chemobiology
  6. chemobiosis
  7. chemobiotic
  8. chemobrain
  9. chemocatalysis
  10. chemocatalytic
  11. chemocatalytically

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