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endergonic

endergonic adjective: describing a reaction that absorbs (heat) energy from its environment.

Adjective

endergonic (comparative more endergonic, superlative most endergonic)

  1. Describing a reaction that absorbs (heat) energy from its environment

Forms of endergonic

comparativemore endergonic
superlativemost endergonic

Origin of endergonic

From end- + -ergonic.

Words formed from endergonic

Questions about endergonic

What does endergonic mean?
Endergonic means describing a reaction that absorbs (heat) energy from its environment.
What part of speech is endergonic?
Endergonic is an adjective.

Words near endergonic in the dictionary

  1. enderbite
  2. enderbites
  3. Enderbury
  4. Enderby
  5. Enderbys
  6. endergonic
  7. endergonicity
  8. Enderle
  9. Enderles
  10. endermatic
  11. endermic

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