Autotrophism

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of autotrophy. uncountable

    "Autotrophism provided a new mechanism for understanding how matter migrated between nature's inorganic and organic realms in terms of the activity of living beings."

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"Autotrophism provided a new mechanism for understanding how matter migrated between nature's inorganic and organic realms in terms of the activity of living beings."

Etymology

From auto- + -trophism.

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