radiorespirometry

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin radiusder.

English radio-

English respirometry

English radiorespirometry

From radio- + respirometry.

Noun

radiorespirometry (uncountable)

1. (biology, chemistry) A technique in which a substance radioactively labelled with 146C is introduced into a closed environment, and any radioactive carbon dioxide subsequently detected is used as evidence for the presence of life