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Definition of Autotrophy
1. Noun. (biology) The synthesis of food from inorganic substances, using heat or light as a source of energy ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Autotrophy
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Medical Definition of Autotrophy
1. The state of being self-sustaining and being able to produce food from inorganic compounds. Carbon autotrophy, ability to assimilate CO2 from the air. Nitrogen autotrophy, ability to assimilate nitrate or to do nitrogen fixation. Sulfur autotrophy, ability to assimilate sulfate. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Autotrophy
Literary usage of Autotrophy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Monthly Journal of Medical Science (1854)
"If, therefore, from the fifth to the fourteenth or sixteenth week, anything
happens to disturb or arrest the development of the embryo, its autotrophy, ..."
2. Biotechnology: Forestry and Forest Products. Bibliography January 92-January 95 by Raymond Dobert (1995)
"Genetic transformation of the tissues was proven by phenotype (hairy root or
tumour), hormone autotrophy, and opine production in the resulting tissues. ..."
3. Global Environmental Risk by Jeanne X. Kasperson, Roger E. Kasperson (2001)
"“autotrophy, heterotrophy and resource partitioning in Caribbean reef-building
corals.” American Naturalist 110: 731—742. Possel, Sandra. 1997. ..."
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