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chemotrophy

chemotrophy noun: the synthesis of an organism's energy by the oxidation of electron-donating molecules in the environment.

Noun

chemotrophy (uncountable)

  1. The synthesis of an organism's energy by the oxidation of electron-donating molecules in the environment.

Origin of chemotrophy

From chemo- + -trophy.

Questions about chemotrophy

What does chemotrophy mean?
Chemotrophy means the synthesis of an organism's energy by the oxidation of electron-donating molecules in the environment.
What part of speech is chemotrophy?
Chemotrophy is a noun.

Words near chemotrophy in the dictionary

  1. chemotrigger zone
  2. chemotroph
  3. chemotrophic
  4. chemotrophically
  5. chemotrophs
  6. chemotrophy
  7. chemotropic
  8. chemotropically
  9. chemotropism
  10. chemotropisms
  11. chemotrypsin

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