Usually means: Organisms producing energy from inorganic substances.
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  1. autotrophy: Merriam-Webster
  2. autotrophy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. autotrophy: Collins English Dictionary
  4. autotrophy: Wiktionary
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  6. Autotrophy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. autotrophy: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. autotrophy: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. autotrophy: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. autotrophy: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (autotrophy)

▸ noun:  (biology) The synthesis of food from inorganic substances, using heat or light as a source of energy

Similar:
autotroph, phototrophy, photoautotroph, photoautotrophism, lithoautotrophy, autotrophism, photoheterotrophy, photolithoautotroph, chemoautotrophy, photolithoautotrophy, more...

Opposite:
heterotrophy

Adjectives:
net, obligate, chemo, anaerobic, photo, related, chemosynthetic

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Similar:
autotroph, phototrophy, photoautotroph, photoautotrophism, lithoautotrophy, autotrophism, photoheterotrophy, photolithoautotroph, chemoautotrophy, photolithoautotrophy, more...

Opposite:
heterotrophy

Adjectives:
net, obligate, chemo, anaerobic, photo, related, chemosynthetic



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