chemoautotrophic

English

Alternative forms

• chemautotrophic
• chemo-autotrophic

Etymology

From chemo- +‎ autotrophic.

Adjective

chemoautotrophic (comparative more chemoautotrophic, superlative most chemoautotrophic)

1. (biology, of an organism) obtaining its nutrition through the oxidation of non-organic compounds (or other chemical processes); as opposed to the process of photosynthesis.

Synonyms

• chemolithoautotrophic

Derived terms

• chemoautotrophically

 

Related terms

• -troph

• chemoautotrophy
• chemoautotroph

• chemotrophic
• chemotrophy
• chemotroph

• autotrophic
• autotrophy
• autotroph