Meanings
nounphotobioreactor (plural photobioreactors)
plural photobioreactors
- A bioreactor in which photofermentation takes place.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
- Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
- Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
- Ancient Greekφωτο- (phōto-)
- Englishphoto-
- Englishbioreactor
- Englishphotobioreactor
From photo- + bioreactor.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Italian fotobioreattore
- fotobioreattorebioreactor
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APA
photobioreactor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photobioreactor
MLA
“photobioreactor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photobioreactor. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “photobioreactor,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photobioreactor.
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