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photoheterotrophy

photoheterotrophy noun: the generation of biological energy from light, together with organic compounds and / or carbon dioxide.

Noun

photoheterotrophy (uncountable)

  1. The generation of biological energy from light, together with organic compounds and / or carbon dioxide

Origin of photoheterotrophy

From photo- + heterotrophy.

Questions about photoheterotrophy

What does photoheterotrophy mean?
Photoheterotrophy means the generation of biological energy from light, together with organic compounds and / or carbon dioxide.
What part of speech is photoheterotrophy?
Photoheterotrophy is a noun.

Words near photoheterotrophy in the dictionary

  1. photohemolytic
  2. photoheterotroph
  3. photoheterotrophic
  4. photoheterotrophically
  5. photoheterotrophs
  6. photoheterotrophy
  7. photohole
  8. photoholes
  9. photoholic
  10. photoholics
  11. photohomolysis

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