biosyntheticallyadv.
/ˌbʌɪə(ʊ)sɪnˈθɛtᵻkli/, U.S. /ˌbaɪoʊsɪnˈθɛdək(ə)li/ Biochemistry.
By means of biosynthesis; as regards biosynthesis.
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1922 Internat. Med. & Surg. Surv. 3 No. 5. i. 891 (heading) Carboligase. III. The structure of biosynthetically linked multiple carbon chains.
1948 C. P. Berg in M. Sahyun Proteins & Amino Acids in Nutrition ix. 293 Tyrosine probably has its origin biosynthetically in phenylalanine.
1986 M. Kogut tr. H. G. Schlegel Gen. Microbiol. xiv. 406 All the biosynthetically formed compounds are degradable under aerobic conditions.
2003 L. Moss What Genes can't Do iii. 82 Membrane lipids too are synthesized at the ER [= endoplasmic reticulum], so the flow of biosynthetically new materials in the membrane system is vectorally directed outward.
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