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microoxic

microoxic adjective: having a very small amount of oxygen.

Adjective

microoxic (not comparable)

  1. Having a very small amount of oxygen
    • Enhanced expression of high-affinity oxidases in the microoxic transition zone overlying the O 2 -depleted OMZ core clearly demonstrates the capacity of microorganisms to exploit sub-micromolar O 2 concentrations.2015 July 21, “Aerobic Microbial Respiration In Oceanic Oxygen Minimum Zones”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of microoxic

From micro- + -oxic.

Questions about microoxic

What does microoxic mean?
Microoxic means having a very small amount of oxygen.
What part of speech is microoxic?
Microoxic is an adjective.

Words near microoxic in the dictionary

  1. microorganisms
  2. microorigami
  3. microornamentation
  4. microornamentations
  5. microosmotic
  6. microoxic
  7. microoxygenation
  8. micropachycephalosaurus
  9. micropachycephalosauruses
  10. micropachymetric
  11. micropachymetry

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