Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chemosymbiosis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
chemosym-bio-sis
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A form of symbiosis in which a bacterium provides chemically-derived energy and nutrients, often via the oxidation of hydrogen sulfide, to a higher organism

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree New Latin chēmīader. English chemo- English symbiosis English chemosymbiosis From chemo- + symbiosis.

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What does chemosymbiosis mean?
A form of symbiosis in which a bacterium provides chemically-derived energy and nutrients, often via the oxidation of hydrogen sulfide, to a higher organism
Where does chemosymbiosis come from?
Etymology tree New Latin chēmīader. English chemo- English symbiosis English chemosymbiosis From chemo- + symbiosis.

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