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chlororespiration

chlororespiration noun: an electron-transport process, analogous to respiration, that occurs in plant chloroplasts.

Noun

chlororespiration (uncountable)

  1. An electron-transport process, analogous to respiration, that occurs in plant chloroplasts.

Origin of chlororespiration

From chloro- + respiration.

Questions about chlororespiration

What does chlororespiration mean?
Chlororespiration means an electron-transport process, analogous to respiration, that occurs in plant chloroplasts.
What part of speech is chlororespiration?
Chlororespiration is a noun.

Words near chlororespiration in the dictionary

  1. chloroquines
  2. chloroquinoline
  3. chloroquinolines
  4. chloroquinolinone
  5. chloroquinolinones
  6. chlororespiration
  7. chlororespiratory
  8. chlororufin
  9. chlororuthenate
  10. chlororuthenates
  11. chlorosed

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