chemoautotrophic
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From chemo- + autotrophic.
Adjective
[edit]chemoautotrophic (comparative more chemoautotrophic, superlative most chemoautotrophic)
- (biology, of an organism) obtaining its nutrition through the oxidation of non-organic compounds (or other chemical processes); as opposed to the process of photosynthesis.