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chemolithotrophic

chemolithotrophic adjective: describing an organism that derives its energy from the oxidation of inorganic materials.

Adjective

chemolithotrophic (comparative more chemolithotrophic, superlative most chemolithotrophic)

  1. Describing an organism that derives its energy from the oxidation of inorganic materials.

Forms of chemolithotrophic

comparativemore chemolithotrophic
superlativemost chemolithotrophic

Origin of chemolithotrophic

From chemo- + litho- + -trophic.

Questions about chemolithotrophic

What does chemolithotrophic mean?
Chemolithotrophic means describing an organism that derives its energy from the oxidation of inorganic materials.
What part of speech is chemolithotrophic?
Chemolithotrophic is an adjective.

Words near chemolithotrophic in the dictionary

  1. chemolithoheterotrophs
  2. chemolithoheterotrophy
  3. chemolitholysis
  4. chemolithoorganotrophic
  5. chemolithotroph
  6. chemolithotrophic
  7. chemolithotrophically
  8. chemolithotrophs
  9. chemolithotrophy
  10. chemolithotropic
  11. chemoluminescence

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