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heterotrophy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
het-erotro-phy
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state of being a heterotroph.

Uncountable

Etymology

From hetero- + -trophy.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

heterotrophies (plural)

Derived Forms

chemoheterotrophy lithoheterotrophy organoheterotrophy osmoheterotrophy photoheterotrophy

Phrases

myco-heterotrophy

Questions

What does heterotrophy mean?
The state of being a heterotroph.
Where does heterotrophy come from?
From hetero- + -trophy.

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