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Definition of Heterotrophy
1. [n -PHIES]
Medical Definition of Heterotrophy
1. The ability or requirement to synthesise all metabolites from organic compounds. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heterotrophy
Literary usage of Heterotrophy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annals of Botany (1901)
"heterotrophy, i. 330. Hevea brasiliensis, Laticiferous tissue in stem of (A.
CALVERT), i. 75. Hibiscus Trionum, pollination, v. 338. Hieronyma alchorneoides ..."
2. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology by Cambridge Entomological Club (1890)
"... this peculiar relationship of the food to the sexes the author proposes the
as an adaptation to the species of plant visited, the nanu: of heterotrophy ..."
3. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1912)
"The males and workers have different habits and the difference was designated by
the term heterotrophy. Not even does the female limit itself to A. ..."
4. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1887)
"392, also tcp 487. B. terrestri«, successful acclimatization in New Zealand; PE
Soc. 1886, p. xxxiii. heterotrophy in B. ..."
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