chemosyntheticadj.
/ˌkiːmə(ʊ)sɪnˈθɛtɪk/, /ˌkɛmə(ʊ)sɪnˈθɛtɪk/, U.S. /ˌkiməˌsɪnˈθɛdɪk/, /ˌkɛməˌsɪnˈθɛdɪk/ Biology.
Of, relating to, or characterized by chemosynthesis; chemotrophic.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > formation of substances, etc. > [adjective]
animalized1748
secreting1807
epigenetic1830
elaborative1845
albuminiferous1850
albuminiparous1852
lymphogenous1889
chemosynthetic1898
lymphopoietic1915
biosynthetic1917
biogenetic1930
steroidogenic1951
1898 Science 18 Mar. 372/1 The chemosynthetic activity of the nitrobacteria, and the thermosynthetic and electrosynthetic processes of other organisms, are hardly so well known.
1959 Listener 5 Mar. 410/1 These are known as chemosynthetic autotrophs; in other words, bacteria that obtain their energy by oxidizing..inorganic chemicals.
2002 P. Herring Biol. Deep Ocean iii. 64 Many of the larger invertebrates harbour their own chemosynthetic bacteria as endo- or exo-symbionts.
Derivatives
chemosynˈthetically adv. in a chemosynthetic manner; by means of chemosynthesis.
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1900 A. J. Ewart tr. W. Pfeffer Physiol. Plants I. vii. 361 Nitrate and nitrite bacteria..have the power of assimilating carbon dioxide chemosynthetically by means of energy derived from the oxidation of ammonia into nitrites or nitrites into nitrates.
1927 S. A. Waksman Princ. Soil Microbiol. i. 4 Autotrophic bacteria derive their energy from the oxidation of purely inorganic substances, or chemosynthetically.
2003 Chem. Geol. B. 201 230/2 Chemosynthetically produced biomass is an important dietary component of some mobile predators on the Louisiana continental shelf.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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