chemosynthesis

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) (kʿemosintʿez) Estonian: kemosüntees Finnish: kemosynteesi French: chimiosynthèse (fr) f Greek: χημειοσύνθεση (el) (chimeiosýnthesi) Hungarian: kemoszintézis Icelandic: efnatillífun f

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