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autotoxæmia, -toxemia | autotoxic | autotoxication | autotransformer | autotroph | autotrophic | autotrophic organism | autotropism | autotype | autotypic | autotypography

autotrophic

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Adjective
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au=to=troph=ic

CIDE DICTIONARY

autotrophica. [Auto- + trophic.].
  •  Capable of self-nourishment; requiring only minerals for growth; using carbonate or carbon dioxide as a source of carbon and simple inorganic nitrogen as a nitrogen source; -- said of all plants in which photosynthetic activity takes place, and certain bacteria. It is opposed to parasitism or saprophytism.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  •  of or pertaining to an autotroph.  [WordNet 1.5]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

autotrophic, adj. Biol. able to form complex nutritional organic substances from simple inorganic substances such as carbon dioxide (cf. HETEROTROPHIC).

Etymology
AUTO- + Gk trophos feeder

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