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chemosyntheses

chemosyntheses is the plural of chemosynthesis.

Meaning of chemosynthesis

Noun

chemosynthesis (usually uncountable, plural chemosyntheses)

  1. (usually) The production of carbohydrates and other compounds from simple compounds such as carbon dioxide, using the oxidation of chemical nutrients as a source of energy rather than sunlight; it is limited to certain bacteria and fungi.

Questions about chemosyntheses

What is chemosyntheses the plural of?
Chemosyntheses is the plural of chemosynthesis.

Words near chemosyntheses in the dictionary

  1. chemosymbiotrophic
  2. chemosynapse
  3. chemosynapses
  4. chemosyndrome
  5. chemosyndromes
  6. chemosyntheses
  7. chemosynthesis
  8. chemosynthesized
  9. chemosynthetic
  10. chemosynthetically
  11. chemosystematic

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