chemosynthesis

English

Etymology

chemo- +‎ synthesis

Noun

chemosynthesis (usually uncountable, plural chemosyntheses)

1. the production of carbohydrates and other compounds from simple compounds such as carbon dioxide, using the oxidation of chemical nutrients as a source of energy rather than sunlight; it is limited to certain bacteria and fungi

Translations

production of carbohydrates and other compounds from simple compounds

• Armenian: քեմոսինթեզ (hy) (kʻemosintʻez)
• Estonian: kemosüntees
• Finnish: kemosynteesi
• French: chimiosynthèse (fr) f
• Greek: χημειοσύνθεση (el) (chimeiosýnthesi)
• Hungarian: kemoszintézis
• Icelandic: efnatillífun f
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• Korean: 화학합성 (hwahakhapseong)
• Latvian: hemosintēze
• Macedonian: хемосинтеза f (hemosinteza)
• Portuguese: quimiossíntese
• Russian: хемосинтез (ru) m (xemosintez)
• Spanish: quimiosíntesis f
• Turkish: kemosentez (tr)

See also

• photosynthesis