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saprobiosis

saprobiosis noun: obtaining energy from dead or decaying material.

Noun

saprobiosis (uncountable)

  1. Obtaining energy from dead or decaying material

Origin of saprobiosis

From sapro- + -biosis.

Questions about saprobiosis

What does saprobiosis mean?
Saprobiosis means obtaining energy from dead or decaying material.
What part of speech is saprobiosis?
Saprobiosis is a noun.

Words near saprobiosis in the dictionary

  1. saprobiologists
  2. saprobiology
  3. saprobiont
  4. saprobiontic
  5. saprobionts
  6. saprobiosis
  7. saprobiotic
  8. saprobism
  9. saprobities
  10. saprobity
  11. saprodontia

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