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chemosynthesis

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chem=o=syn=the=sis

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun chemosynthesis has 1 sense

chemosynthesis(n = noun.process) Array - synthesis of carbohydrate from carbon dioxide and water; limited to certain bacteria and fungi; Array

is a kind of

synthesis

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CIDE DICTIONARY

chemosynthesis, n. [Chemical + synthesis.].

Synthesis of organic compounds by energy derived from chemical changes or reactions. Chemosynthesis of carbohydrates occurs in the nitrite bacteria through the oxidation of ammonia to nitrous acid, and in the nitrate bacteria through the conversion of nitrous into nitric acid. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

chemosynthesis, n. the synthesis of organic compounds by energy derived from chemical reactions.

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