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thiotrophic

thiotrophic adjective: describing an organism that oxidizes sulfur compounds as a major part of its metabolism.

Adjective

thiotrophic (comparative more thiotrophic, superlative most thiotrophic)

  1. Describing an organism that oxidizes sulfur compounds as a major part of its metabolism

Forms of thiotrophic

comparativemore thiotrophic
superlativemost thiotrophic

Origin of thiotrophic

From thio- + -trophic.

Questions about thiotrophic

What does thiotrophic mean?
Thiotrophic means describing an organism that oxidizes sulfur compounds as a major part of its metabolism.
What part of speech is thiotrophic?
Thiotrophic is an adjective.

Words near thiotrophic in the dictionary

  1. thiotoluenes
  2. thiotoluidine
  3. thiotriphosphate
  4. thiotriphosphates
  5. thiotroph
  6. thiotrophic
  7. thiotrophs
  8. thiotrophy
  9. thiotropocin
  10. thiouracil
  11. thiouracils

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