CHEERLESSNESSES | • CHEERLESSNESS n. CHEERLESS, without cheer, gloomy. |
CHEMAUTOTROPHIC | • chemautotrophic adj. Alternative form of chemoautotrophic. • CHEMAUTOTROPHIC adj. of or like a chemautotroph. |
CHEMICOPHYSICAL | • chemicophysical adj. Synonym of physicochemical. • CHEMICOPHYSICAL adj. involving the processes of both chemistry and physics. |
CHEMOATTRACTANT | • chemoattractant n. A substance inducing positive chemotaxis in motile cells. • CHEMOATTRACTANT n. a chemical which provokes a chemotactic movement of e.g. cells or bacteria towards its area of highest concentration. |
CHEMOAUTOTROPHS | • chemoautotrophs n. Plural of chemoautotroph. • CHEMOAUTOTROPH n. any organism, e.g. bacteria, that produces energy by the oxidation of inorganic compounds, such as iron, ammonia and hydrogen sulphide, also CHEMOAUTROPH. |
CHEMOAUTOTROPHY | • chemoautotrophy n. (Biology) A mode of growth in which CO2 is the exclusive source of assimilated carbon, and energy is… • CHEMOAUTOTROPHY n. the production of energy by the oxidation of inorganic compounds, such as iron, ammonia and hydrogen sulphide. |
CHEMOLITHOTROPH | • chemolithotroph n. Chemoautotroph. • CHEMOLITHOTROPH n. a bacterium that obtains its energy from inorganic compounds containing iron, nitrogen, or sulfur, and not from living on decaying organisms. |
CHEMOPREVENTION | • chemoprevention n. The prevention of disease by the use of food supplements, drugs etc. • CHEMOPREVENTION n. the use of chemical agents to prevent or slow the development of cancer. |
CHEMOPREVENTIVE | • chemopreventive adj. Of, or relating to chemoprevention. • chemopreventive n. A food supplement etc used for chemoprevention. |
CHEMOPSYCHIATRY | • CHEMOPSYCHIATRY n. treatment of mental illness by drugs. |
CHEMORECEPTIONS | • chemoreceptions n. Plural of chemoreception. • CHEMORECEPTION n. the physiological reception of chemical stimuli. |
CHEMOTACTICALLY | • chemotactically adv. By chemotaxis. • CHEMOTACTIC adv. exhibiting chemotaxis. |
CHEMOTAXONOMIES | • chemotaxonomies n. Plural of chemotaxonomy. • CHEMOTAXONOMY n. the classification of plants and animals based on similarities and differences in biochemical composition. |
CHEMOTAXONOMIST | • chemotaxonomist n. One who studies chemotaxonomy. • CHEMOTAXONOMIST n. one who practises chemotaxonomy. |
CHEMOTHERAPISTS | • chemotherapists n. Plural of chemotherapist. • CHEMOTHERAPIST n. one who practises chemotherapy. |
CHEMOTROPICALLY | • chemotropically adv. In a chemotropic manner. • CHEMOTROPIC adv. exhibiting chemotropism, i.e. plant growth in the direction of a particular chemical. |
CHENOPODIACEOUS | • chenopodiaceous adj. (Botany) Of or relating to the family Chenopodiaceae (goosefoots) (now subfamily Chenopodioideae). • CHENOPODIACEOUS adj. belonging to the goosefoot family. |