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• Chemo-

  1. a combining form with the meanings “chemical,” “chemically induced,” “chemistry,” used in the formation of compound words: chemotherapy. combining form 1. indicating that chemicals or chemical reactions are involved: chemotherapy before vowels chem-, word-forming element denoting “relation to chemical action or chemicals,” from comb. form of chemical (adj.), used to form scientific compound words […]

• Chemoattractant

  /ˌkɛməʊəˈtræktənt/ noun 1. a chemical substance that provokes chemotaxis, esp one that causes a bacterium to move in the direction in which its concentration is increasing

• Chemoautotroph

  chemoautotroph che·mo·au·to·troph (kē’mō-ô’tə-trōf’, -trŏf’, kěm’ō-) n. An organism that depends on inorganic chemicals for its energy and principally on carbon dioxide for its carbon. Also called chemolithotroph. che’mo·au’to·tro’phic (-trō’fĭk, -trŏf’ĭk) adj. chemoautotroph (kē’mō-ô’tə-trŏf’) See chemotroph.

• Chemoautroph

  /ˌkiːməʊˈɔːtrəʊf/ noun 1. a variant of chemautotroph

• Chemobiotic

  chemobiotic che·mo·bi·ot·ic (kē’mō-bī-ŏt’ĭk, kěm’ō-) n. A combination of an antibiotic with a chemotherapeutic agent.

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