Look up: autotrophic

1. autotrophic
   Capable of growth independent of outside sources of nutrients or growth factors.
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2. autotrophic
   An organism that produces food from inorganic substances.
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3. Autotrophic
   Utilising inorganic materials as nutrients; cf. heterotrophic.
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4. autotrophic
   [adj] - (botany) of or relating to organisms (as green plants) that can make complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic sources by photosynthesis
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5. Autotrophic
   Au`to·troph'ic adjective [ Auto- + trophic .] (Plant Physiol.) Capable of self- nourishment; -- said of all plants in which photosynthetic activity takes place, as opposed to parasitism or saprophytism.
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6. autotrophic
   <biology> Independent of other organisms in respect of organic nutrition, able to fix carbon dioxide, by photosynthesis, to form carbohydrates. ... (02 Jan 1998) ...
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7. autotrophic
   autophytic adjective of or relating to organisms (as green plants) that can make complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic sources by photosynthesis
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8. autotrophic
   (aw″to-tro´fik) capable of synthesizing necessary nutrients if water, carbon dioxide, inorganic salts, and a source of energy are available.
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9. Autotrophic
   • (a.) Capable of self-nourishment; -- said of all plants in which photosynthetic activity takes place, as opposed to parasitism or saprophytism.
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10. autotrophic
    autotrophic 1. Capable of synthesizing complex organic substances from simple inorganic substrates; including both the chemoautotrophic and the photoautotrophic organisms. 2. A reference to any organism for which environmental carbon dioxide is the only or main source of carbon in the synthesis of organic compounds by photosynthesis.
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11. autotrophic
    autotrophic, autotrophically 1. Of or relating to organisms; such as, green plants that can make complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic sources by photosynthesis. 2. Needing only carbon dioxide or carbonates as a source of carbon and a simple inorganic nitrogen compound for metab...
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12. Autotrophic
    an organism that can meet its cellular energy requirements without eating other organisms. Autotrophic organisms convert inorganic carbon into organic carbon intracellularly (within the cell). This conversion can be accomplished by photosynthesis or chemosynthesis.
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13. autotrophic
    Type: Term Pronunciation: aw′tō-trof′ik Definitions: 1. Self-nourishing. The ability of an organism to produce food from inorganic compounds. 2. Pertaining to an autotroph.
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14. autotrophic
    (Gk: auto=self; trophos=feeder; self-feeding) independent of outside sources of food. Most plants containing chlorophyll are autotrophic, and some bacteria. All other (trophic) organisms depend ultimately on the existence and activity of autotrophic ones. (See also heterotrophic)
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15. autotrophic
    Refers to organisms that synthesize their nutrients and obtain their energy from inorganic raw materials.
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