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Chemotaxonomy

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• Chemotherapeutics

  [kee-moh-ther-uh-pyoo-tiks, kem-oh-] /ˌki moʊˌθɛr əˈpyu tɪks, ˌkɛm oʊ-/ noun, (used with a singular verb) 1. .

• Chemotherapy

  [kee-moh-ther-uh-pee, kem-oh-] /ˌki moʊˈθɛr ə pi, ˌkɛm oʊ-/ noun, Medicine/Medical. 1. the treatment of disease by means of chemicals that have a specific toxic effect upon the disease-producing microorganisms or that selectively destroy cancerous tissue. /ˌkiːməʊˈθɛrəpɪ; kiːmə-/ noun 1. treatment of disease, esp cancer, by means of chemical agents Compare radiotherapy n. 1906, from German […]

• Chemotroph

  [kee-muh-trof, -trawf, -trohf, kem-uh-] /ˈki məˌtrɒf, -ˌtrɔf, -ˌtroʊf, ˌkɛm ə-/ noun, Bacteriology, Biology. 1. any organism that oxidizes inorganic or organic compounds as its principal energy source. chemotroph (kē’mō-trŏf’) An organism that manufactures its own food through chemosynthesis (the oxidation of inorganic chemical compounds) as opposed to photosynthesis. The sulfur-oxidizing bacteria found at deep-sea hydrothermal […]

• Chemotrophic

  [kee-muh-trof, -trawf, -trohf, kem-uh-] /ˈki məˌtrɒf, -ˌtrɔf, -ˌtroʊf, ˌkɛm ə-/ noun, Bacteriology, Biology. 1. any organism that oxidizes inorganic or organic compounds as its principal energy source. chemotroph (kē’mō-trŏf’) An organism that manufactures its own food through chemosynthesis (the oxidation of inorganic chemical compounds) as opposed to photosynthesis. The sulfur-oxidizing bacteria found at deep-sea hydrothermal […]

• Chemotropism

  [ki-mo-truh-piz-uh m] /kɪˈmɒ trəˌpɪz əm/ noun, Biology. 1. oriented growth or movement in response to a chemical stimulus. /ˌkɛməʊˈtrəʊˌpɪzəm/ noun 1. the growth response of an organism, esp a plant, to a chemical stimulus chemotropism che·mot·ro·pism (kĭ-mŏt’rə-pĭz’əm) n. See chemotaxis.

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