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cometabolism

cometabolism noun: a process in which a substance may be biodegraded only in the presence of a secondary source of carbon.

Noun

cometabolism (countable and uncountable, plural cometabolisms)

  1. A process in which a substance may be biodegraded only in the presence of a secondary source of carbon

cometabolism meaning in Tamil

cometabolism in Tamil

இணை வளர்சிதைமாற்றம்

Forms of cometabolism

pluralcometabolisms

Origin of cometabolism

From co- + metabolism.

Questions about cometabolism

What does cometabolism mean?
Cometabolism means a process in which a substance may be biodegraded only in the presence of a secondary source of carbon.
What is cometabolism in Tamil?
Cometabolism in Tamil is இணை வளர்சிதைமாற்றம். See Cometabolism meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cometabolism?
Cometabolism is a noun.
What is the plural of cometabolism?
The plural of cometabolism is cometabolisms.

Words near cometabolism in the dictionary

  1. comet-seeker
  2. comet-seekers
  3. Cometa
  4. cometabolic
  5. cometabolically
  6. cometabolism
  7. cometabolisms
  8. cometabolite
  9. cometabolites
  10. cometabolize
  11. cometabolized

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cometabolism (page history and authors); cometabolism (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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