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chemostasis

chemostasis noun: the continuous cultivation of cells (especially of microorganisms) in a chemostat.

Noun

chemostasis (uncountable)

  1. The continuous cultivation of cells (especially of microorganisms) in a chemostat

Origin of chemostasis

From chemo- + stasis.

Questions about chemostasis

What does chemostasis mean?
Chemostasis means the continuous cultivation of cells (especially of microorganisms) in a chemostat.
What part of speech is chemostasis?
Chemostasis is a noun.

Words near chemostasis in the dictionary

  1. chemosphere
  2. chemospheres
  3. chemostabilities
  4. chemostability
  5. chemostable
  6. chemostasis
  7. chemostat
  8. chemostatic
  9. chemostatigraphic
  10. chemostats
  11. chemostatted

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